AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is arachnophobia? Arachnophobia is an intense fear of spiders. Many fears seems reasonable. We all try to avoid things that make us feel uncomfortable. The difference between a fear and a phobia is that a phobia is an intense and irrational fear toward one or more things or situations.

Detailed explanation-2: -Arachnophobia is one of the most common specific phobias you can develop. A fear of spiderwebs falls under the same umbrella of arachnophobia. You might have a fear of both spiders and spiderwebs, or just spiders individually. For some, seeing a spiderweb can lead to the intense worry over seeing a spider next.

Detailed explanation-3: -Such traumatic experiences can result in the person developing a life-long phobia of spiders, which is also known as Arachnophobia-described as a serious condition which can affect the person on a deeper level.

Detailed explanation-4: -Like other specific phobias, spider phobia falls within a category of anxiety disorders, which may or may not be genetic. Fear of spiders can also be caused by your environment. If you were raised by someone who showed an intense fear of spiders, you might be more inclined to experience the same fear.

Detailed explanation-5: -If you don’t suffer from a phobia Arachnophobia might seem a bit nonsensical, but those who suffer from it go through extreme fear when encountering spiders. A person who has Arachnophobia will go out of their way to avoid coming into contact with spiders or spider webs.