Question

Dr. Katz is researching the causes of phobias. He puts an ad in a newspaper asking for people who have an intense, distressing fear of snakes to come and participate in his study. The major problem with this is

a. the people who come may not have a phobia.
b. his sample will be too small.
c. he is not getting a representative sample.
d. he doesn't know if people are telling the truth about their fears or not.

Answer 1

He is not getting a representative sample

Explanation:

Phobia is a mental or psychological problem. In this mental problem, the person gets intense fear from any specific object, place or situation. The fear increases at the level that a person feels intense anxiety or panic attack that seems like a minor heart attack.

There could be any factor for causing phobia such as genetic factor or it can be an environmental factor. Intense anxiety can cause a phobia. Traumatic head injury, drug abuse, alcohol abuse can because of phobia.

There is much technique that helps in the treatment of phobia such as systematic desensitization.