سؤال قراءة ستيب محلول — فهم التفاصيل (تدريب 7162)

(1) A phobia is a specific fear of a certain object, situation, or activity. Most people learn to live with their phobias, but for others the fear can be so debilitating that they go to extremes to avoid the scary situation. A person who suffers from arachnophobia (fear of spiders), for example, may refuse to enter a room until it has been checked for spiders, or may refuse to take a vacation in the countryside because spiders may be there. (2) A common phobia is social phobia, extreme shyness around people or anxiety in social situations. Social phobia may be specific to a certain event, such as using a public restroom, or it can be more generalized anxiety toward almost all people outside of close family and friends. People with social phobia will often experience physical symptoms in public, such as sweating, blushing and nausea. They are convinced that everybody around them notices these symptoms as they are occurring. (3) The most incapacitating phobia is agoraphobia, defined as anxiety about being in places from which escape might be difficult. Typical places that provoke the panic attacks are parking lots; crowded streets or shops; and bridges, tunnels, or expressways. People (mostly women) who suffer from agoraphobia may have great difficulty leaving their homes and interacting with other people. (4) Phobias affect about 9% of American adults, and they are about twice as prevalent in women as in men. In most cases phobias first appear in childhood and adolescence, and usually persist into adulthood. Which of the following statements best summarizes gender differences from passages A