Table 1.
Assessed phobic stimuli by their a priori phobic subtype
| A priori type of phobia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phobic stimuli | Agora- | Social | Animal | Situational | Blood-injury |
| Going out of the house alone | ++ | ||||
| Being in crowds | ++ | ||||
| Being in open spaces | ++ | ||||
| Meeting new people | ++ | ||||
| Giving a speech | ++ | ||||
| Using public bathrooms | ++ | ||||
| Eating in public | ++ | ||||
| Spiders | ++ | ||||
| Bugs | ++ | ||||
| Mice | ++ | ||||
| Snakes | ++ | ||||
| Bats | ++ | ||||
| Tunnels | ++ | ||||
| Other closed places | ++ | ||||
| Bridges | ++ | ||||
| Airplanes | ++ | ||||
| Other high places | ++ | ||||
| The sight of blood | ++ | ||||
| Needles or injections | ++ | ||||
| Dentists or hospitals | ++ | ||||
| Certain diseases such as cancer or AIDS | ++ | ||||