BEFORE YOU LISTEN

Before you listen, take a guess about the words you'll soon hear more about:

1. What is a phobia?
Rational (something that makes sense) fear
Obsessive fear
Discomfort

2. What is the fear of the number 13 called?
Pogonophobia
Triskaidekaphobia
Thanatophobia

3. Your central cortex and your amygdala are part of your nervous system. When you experience something, what does your amygdala trigger in you?
a rational reaction to what you see
an alarm reaction

LISTEN

Listen to the podcast above. Then answer the questions.

1. What is Sophie's phobia?
Numbers
Spiders
Dogs

2. What kind of welcoming does new sensory information get in your cortex?
A rational one
The need to run away and make sure you survive

3. What hormone is linked to the "fight or flight" response?
Endorphin
Dopamine
Adrenalin

4. What are Stephen and Reena afraid of?
Spiders
Driving
Becoming paralysed (unable to move)

5. What is said about the African Savannah?
Early humans living there were constantly being attacked by spiders.
It is/was a place where being afraid of spiders was rational and sensible.
It is the habitat of the most dangerous spiders in the world.

6. What's the word that describes an irrational fear of insects?
Entomophobia
Thanatophobia
Pogonophobia

VOCABULARY

Connect the words and meanings. Write the words.

1. a word to describe the wings of a butterfly
2. safe
3. set in motion
4. not connected to the power of reason
5. the act of running away or fleeing
6. pass out
7. being automatically aware of something, without thinking about it
8. having openly admitted to being a person with certain characteristics

Self-evaluation

Click one or more statements that best reflect(s) your opinion.

I feel like I learned something
I knew all of this already
This was a waste of time
This was interesting

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