6: KKDP 9: Stress, Phobia and Anxiety

Question 1

Stress:

Answer 1

A physiological and psychological response to internal or external stressors that are perceived to challenge a person’s ability to cope.

Question 2

Anxiety:

Answer 2

A state of physiological arousal associated with feelings of apprehension, worry or uneasiness that something is wrong.

Question 3

Phobic disorders:

Answer 3

A phobia is an excessive or irrational fear of a particular object, activity or situation.

Question 4

Stress and anxiety are considered … whereas a phobia is considered:

Answer 4

Normal, abnormal

Question 5

Stress and anxiety can become a …., whereas a phobia is a :

Answer 5

Mental disorder

Question 6

Stress can be … while anxiety and a phobia is only:

Answer 6

Eustress or distress while anxiety and phobias are distress only.