Li Chen has always been deathly afraid of spiders. Her fear is so pronounced that once after she saw a spider in her bedroom and would not go back into the room for a month. This fear is unreasonable, because she has never had a bad experience with spiders. Li Chen would most likely be diagnosed with which of the following?

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Li Chen's intense and unreasonable fear of spiders, without any bad experiences to justify such fear, is characteristic of a specific phobia. A specific phobia is an anxiety disorder defined by a strong, irrational fear of and desire to avoid a particular object or situation.

Li Chen Has Always Been Deathly Afraid of Spiders