Module 3 Fear and anxiety

Question 1

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sufferers are most likely to report ________ about having lived through a traumatic event.

Answer 1

survivor guilt

Question 2

When might obsessive-compulsive disorder be diagnosed?

Answer 2

All of the answers are correct.

Question 3

Cognitive theorists maintain that people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) focus on threats at both the ________ levels.

Answer 3

unconscious and conscious

Question 4

Biological theories of obsessive-compulsive disorder have focused on a circuit in the brain involved in:

Answer 4

regulating primitive urges.

Question 5

According to biological theories of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), impulses are carried to a part of the basal ganglia called the ________, which allows the strongest of the impulses to flow through to the thalamus.

Answer 5

caudate nucleus

Question 6

Which of the following is true of cognitive theorists’ perspective on social anxiety disorder?

Answer 6

They argue that people with social anxiety disorders tend to focus on the negative aspects of social situations.