Read the passage and answer the following question: Raunak always used to dislike and be afraid of reptiles. Once he was trying to wear his shoes when a lizard jumped out of it. Since then he started getting scared of lizards all the more. He could not control his fear when he saw a snake in his garden. His heart started pounding, he was sweating badly, he even fainted once when someone told him that there is a lizard under his chair. The very thought of any of these reptiles generates in him an extreme level of fear. His mother took him to a doctor, who suggested that Raunak should meet a psychotherapist.
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Specific phobia is an intense, irrational fear of a specific object or situation (e.g., lizards). Agoraphobia is linked with fear of unfamiliar or open spaces. Social anxiety involves overwhelming fear in social situations, and separation anxiety relates to distress over being away from attachment figures.
Specific Phobia (A) matches with Raunak’s fear of reptiles (II) Agoraphobia (B) is associated with fear of unfamiliar situations (III) Social Anxiety Disorder (C) involves intense fear and embarrassment in social settings (IV) Separation Anxiety Disorder (D) is linked to extreme anxiety about separation (I)
