(F) Anxiety and Related Disorders

Question 1

______ can be defined as a negative mood state that is accompanied by bodily symptoms such as increased heart rate, muscle tension, a sense of unease, and apprehension about the future

Answer 1

Anxiety

Question 2

_____ is what motivates us to plan for the future, and in this sense, _____ is actually a good thing.

Answer 2

Anxiety

Question 3

If anxiety begins to interfere in the person’s life in a significant way, it is considered a _____.

Answer 3

disorder

Question 4

Anxiety and closely related disorders emerge from “_____ ,”a combination of biological, psychological, and specific factors that increase our risk for developing a disorder

Answer 4

triple vulnerabilities

Question 5

A specific genetic and neurobiological factor that might predispose someone to develop anxiety disorders.

Answer 5

Biological vulnerabilities

Question 6

Influences that our early experiences have on how we view the world.

Answer 6

Psychological vulnerabilities

Question 7

How our experiences lead us to focus and channel our anxiety.

Answer 7

Specific vulnerabilities

Question 8

Excessive worry about everyday things that is at a level that is out of proportion to the specific causes of worry.
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Answer 8

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

Question 9

Following the process of operant conditioning, the strengthening of a response following either the delivery of a desired consequence (positive reinforcement) or escape from an aversive consequence.

Answer 9

Reinforced response

Question 10

A biological reaction to alarming stressors that prepares the body to resist or escape a threat.

Answer 10

Fight or flight response

Question 11

A condition marked by regular strong panic attacks, and which may include significant levels of worry about future attacks.

Answer 11

Panic disorder (PD)

Question 12

Physical sensations that serve as triggers for anxiety or as reminders of past traumatic events.

Answer 12

Internal bodily or somatic cues

Question 13

Avoidance of situations or activities that produce sensations of physical arousal similar to those occurring during a panic attack or intense fear response.

Answer 13

Interoceptive avoidance

Question 14

Stimuli in the outside world that serve as triggers for anxiety or as reminders of past traumatic events.

Answer 14

External cues

Question 15

A sort of anxiety disorder distinguished by feelings that a place is uncomfortable or may be unsafe because it is significantly open or crowded.

Answer 15

Agoraphobia

Question 16

A condition marked by acute fear of social situations which lead to worry and diminished day to day functioning.

Answer 16

Social anxiety disorder (SAD)

Question 17

Social anxiety disorder which is limited to certain situations that the sufferer perceives as requiring some type of performance.

Answer 17

SAD performance only

Question 18

A learned reaction following classical conditioning, or the process by which an event that automatically elicits a response is repeatedly paired with another neutral stimulus (conditioned stimulus), resulting in the ability of the neutral stimulus to elicit the same response on its own.

Answer 18

Conditioned response

Question 19

A sense of intense fear, triggered by memories of a past traumatic event, that another traumatic event might occur. _____ may include feelings of isolation and emotional numbing.

Answer 19

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Question 20

Sudden, intense re-experiencing of a previous event, usually trauma-related.

Answer 20

Flashback

Question 21

A disorder characterized by the desire to engage in certain behaviors excessively or compulsively in hopes of reducing anxiety. Behaviors include things such as cleaning, repeatedly opening and closing doors, hoarding, and obsessing over certain thoughts.

Answer 21

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Question 22

The tendency to overestimate the relationship between a thought and an action, such that one mistakenly believes a “bad” thought is the equivalent of a “bad” action.

Answer 22

Thought-action fusion

Question 23

What therapy helps with anxiety?

Answer 23

CBT