ANXIETY DISORDERS Flashcards
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_____ involves a general feeling of apprehension about possible future danger, whereas ______ is an alarm reaction that occurs in response to immediate danger
A) fear; anxiety
B) anxiety; fear
C) fear; stress
D) anxiety; stress
B) anxiety; fear
in relation to anxiety disorders, which of the following is NOT true
A) has the latest age of onset of all mental disorders
B) it is the most common category of disorders for women
C) it is the second most common category of disorders for men
D) in any 12-month period, about 18 percent of the adult population suffers from at least one anxiety disorder
A) has the latest age of onset of all mental disorders
historically, the most common way of distinguishing between fear and anxiety response patterns has been to
A) determine whether there are subjective experiences occurring alongside the response
B) determine whether a clear and obvious source of danger is present that would be regarded as real by most people
C) determine if the person has a strong urge to escape or flee the situation
D) determine the cognitive components that are co occurring with the response pattern
B) determine whether a clear and obvious source of danger is present that would be regarded as real by most people
when distinguishing between fear and anxiety response patterns, when the source of danger is obvious, the experienced emotion has been called
A) fear
B) anxiety
C) stress
D) there is no need to distinguish between fear and anxiety
A) fear
in recent years, a fundamental distinction between fear and anxiety response patterns proposes that
A) fear is a complex blend of unpleasant emotions and cognitions
B) anxiety is a basic emotion that involves activation of the “fight or flight” response of the ANS
C) fear is a basic emotion that involves activation of the “fight or flight” response of the ANS
D) anxiety is a complex blend of unpleasant emotions and cognitions
C) fear is a basic emotion that involves activation of the “fight or flight” response of the ANS
according to theorist of recent times, fear would be
A) unpleasant emotions and cog-nitions that is both more oriented to the future
B) an almost instantaneous reaction to any imminent threat
C) a response that occurs in the absence of any obvious external danger
D) all of the above
B) an almost instantaneous reaction to any imminent threat
when a fear response occurs in the absence of any external danger, the person is said to have
A) GAD
B) fear reaponse
C) had a panic attack
D) anxiety
C) had a panic attack
what is the distinction between fear and panic attacks?
A) fight or flight in panic attacks; subjectivity in fear
B) response in fear ; objectivity in panic attacks
C) response in panic attacks ; objectivity in fear
D) subjectivity in panic attacks; fight or flight in fear
D) subjectivity in panic attacks; fight or flight in fear
what is a key distinction between anxiety and fear?
A) anxiety does not activate fight or flight
B) fear does not have cognitive/subjective components
C) anxiety has a preparation component
D) they both have enhancement components
A) anxiety does not activate fight or flight
at a physiological level, what is the role of anxiety in relation to a fear response?
A) gives us the immediate urge to flee when the danger occurs
B) it may create a strong tendency to avoid situations where danger might be encountered
C) they both activate the fight or flight response when anticipated danger occurs
D) it primes for a fight or flight response should an anticipated danger occur
D) it primes for a fight or flight response should an anticipated danger occur
years of human and nonhuman animal experimentation have established that the basic fear and anxiety response patterns are
A) genetic predispositions
B) conditionable
C) absolute
D) none of the above
B) conditionable
which of the following is NOT true regarding anxiety disorders?
A) there are similarities in the basic causes of all types of anxiety disorders
B) amongst anxiety disorders, they differ from one another both in terms of the amount of fear or panic versus anxiety symptoms that they experience and in the kinds of objects or situations that most concern them
C) many people with one anxiety disorder will experience at least one more anxiety disorder and/or depression either concurrently or at a different point in their lives
D) Anxiety disorders have a uniform and consistent symptom presentation across individuals.
D) Anxiety disorders have a uniform and consistent symptom presentation across individuals.
in adults, the common genetic vulnerability of anxiety disorders is manifested at a psychological level in part by the personality trait of
A)
B)
C) introversion
D) neuroticism
D) neuroticism
among psychological causal factors of anxiety disorders, the development of perceptions of uncontrollability of environment or emotions depends heavily on
A) socio cultural environment
B) genetic vulnerability
C) social environment one is raised in
D) self evaluations
C) social environment one is raised in
what is the most common anxiety disorder?
A) GAD
B) social anxiety
C) phobia
D) panic disorder
C) phobia
which of the following is not one of the main categories of phobias?
A) GAD
B) specific phobia
C) social anxiety
D) agoraphobia
A) GAD
when people with specific phobia encounter a phobic stimuli, they often show an immediate fear response that often resembles a panic attack
A) which are also tied to a specific trigger
B) except for the existence of a clear external trigger
C) both of which occur spontaneously
D) however, specific phobia does not necessarily impact daily functioning
B) except for the existence of a clear external trigger
one key distinction between a panic attack and a specific phobia is there is a clear difference in ________
A) specificity
B) commonality
C) avoidance behaviour
D) impact
A) specificity
which of the following has a response pattern marked by an initial acceleration in heart rate and blood pressure, followed by a dramatic drop in both
A) agoraphobia
B) blood-injection-injury phobia
C) OCD
D) GAD
B) blood-injection-injury phobia
which type of phobia appears to be highly heritable?
A) agoraphobia
B) blood-injection-injury phobia
C) animal phobia
D) natural environment phobia
B) blood-injection-injury phobia
according to the __________ view, phobias represent a defence against anxiety that stems from repressed impulses
A) psychoanalytic
B) behavioural
C) cognitive
D) psychosocial
A) psychoanalytic
according to the __________ view, phobias represent a defence against anxiety that stems from repressed impulses
A) psychoanalytic
B) behavioural
C) cognitive
D) psychosocial
A) psychoanalytic
The view that people are biologically prepared through evolution to more readily acquire fears of certain objects or situations that may once have posed a threat to our early ancestors
A) classical conditioning
B) prepared learning
C) behavioural learning
D) spontaneous recovery
B) prepared learning
“prepared” fears are not inborn or innate but rather are easily acquired or especially resistant to _______
A) adaptation
B) extinction
C) acquisition
D) spontaneous recovery
B) extinction