W4 Chapter 6.4 Social Anxiety Disorder

Question 1

What is social anxiety disorder

Answer 1

the disabling fears of one or more specific social situations

Question 2

What is the most common type of social anxiety disorder

Answer 2

public speaking

Question 3

What are the 10 criteria of social anxiety disorder

Answer 3

1. Marked fear about one or more social situations when a person is exposed to possible scrutiny
   2.person fears they will be negatively evaluated by others
2. the social situations provoke fear or anxiety
3. the social situations are avoided or endured with intense fear
4. the fear of out of proportion
5. the fear or avoidance is persistent lasting for 6 months or more
6. the fear causes clinically significant distress or impairment
7. The fear is not attributable to effects of a substance
8. the fear is not better explained by another mental disorder
9. the fear is unrelated to another medical condition

Question 4

What is the lifetime prevalence of social anxiety disorder

Answer 4

12%

Question 5

Which gender is more likely to develop social anxiety disorder

Answer 5

women

Question 6

When is onset of social anxiety disorder likely to occur

Answer 6

during adolescence or early adulthood

Question 7

what two ways based on learned behaviour account for the development of social anxiety disorder

Answer 7

1. Classical conditioning
2. vicarious conditioning

Question 8

What social elements explains the evolutionary cause of social anxiety disorder

Answer 8

dominance hierarchies

Question 9

What experimental evidence is there to support dominance hierarchies as a response for social anxiety disorder

Answer 9

Faster response times for images of negative facial expressions compared to positive and neutral facial expressions

Question 10

Which part of the brain shows greater activation when negative facial expressions arw viewed

Answer 10

the amygdala

Question 11

Which two psychological factors play an important role in the development of social anxiety disorder

Answer 11

1. lack of control
2. unpredictability

Question 12

What 2 characteristics make up behavioural inhibition

Answer 12

1. neuroticism
2. introversion

Question 13

What are the two treatments for social anxiety disorder

Answer 13

1. Cognitive and behavioural therapies
2. medication

Question 14

What does the therapist do in cognitive restructuring for social anxiety disorder

Answer 14

The therapist attempts to help the clients identify their underlying negative, automatic thoughts, and then helps them change these thoughts through logical reanalysis

Question 15

What are the most effect medications used in the treatment of social anxiety disorder

Answer 15

antidepressants