<prompt> Fear of strangers-AlgophobiaXenophobiaMysophobiaThanatophobia  <response>: Ans. is b i.e., Xenophobiao The common types of phobia are:-1 Agoraphobia This is an example of irrational fear of situations. It is the commonest type of phobia encountered in clinical practice. It is characterized by an irrational fear of being in places away from familiar setting of home and patient believes that he cannot escape from these places, to a safer place usually home. This fear results in avoidance of these places which include public places, stores, crowd, travelling alone in bus, train or plane, Theaters, Tunnels, Bridge, standing in line small enclosed rooms or lifts.2 Social phobia In social phobia there is irrational fear of one or more social or performance situations in which the person is concerned about negative evaluation or scrutiny by others, for example : Public speaking; writingdrinking eating in public; using public lavatories.3 Specific simple phobia These are phobias limited to highly specific situations or objects, for example.i Claustrophobia:- Fear of closed spacesviii Mysophobia:- Fear of dirt germsii AcroAerophobia:- Fear of high placesix Erythrophobia:- Fear of blushingiii Zoophobia:- Fear of animalsx Sitophobia:- Fear of eatingiv Pyrophobia:- Fear of firexi Ailurophobia:- Fear of catsv Xenophobia:- Fear of strangersxii Sitaphobia:- Fear of dogsvi Algophobia:-Fears of painxiii Hydrophobia:- Fear of watervii Thanatophobia : - Fear of death 