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Anxiety Flashcards

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1
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What are the 3 components of stress?

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1) frustration
2) conflict
3) pressure

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What defines frustration? (2)

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1) attainment of goal blocked

2) goal itself missing

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What are the 3 types of conflict?

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1) approach-avoid (want to approach but blocked)
2) approach-approach
3) avoid-avoid

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4
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What defines conflicts?

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forced choice between two things

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What are the 2 types of pressure?

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internally imposed (set by you)
externally imposed
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What does pressure shape?

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behaviour

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7
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What are 4 important factors of stress?

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1) nature of the stress
2) perception
3) stress tolerance
4) external resources

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8
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What are factors that determine the nature of stress?

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  • severity
  • duration
  • imminence
  • simultaneous stressors
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9
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What is the Sandwich Generation?

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simultaneous stressors

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10
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How does one acquire hardiness?

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  • genetic

- some extent can be learned

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What was a common factor in immigrant suicide cases?

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didn’t have social support network (external resources)

therefore increased stress

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What are the 3 stages of Hans-Seyle’s General Adaption Syndrome?

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1) alarm
2) resistance
3) exhaustion

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13
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What is the Eastern Hypothesis?

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exclude irrelevant stimuli & increase attention when stressed

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14
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What is inhibited in the alarm stage of GAS?

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  • non essential processes (growth, immune system)
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What is elicited in the alarm stage of GAS?

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improved perception

analgesia

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What happens in the resistance phase of GAS?

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body returns back to normal, withdraw from society

17
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What happens in the exhaustion phase of GAS?

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resources are depleted
cog. functioning compromised
decrease immune system, increase BP & tiredness

18
Q

What is anxiety & what is it caused by?

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emotional state caused by stress, unpredictability about future

19
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What is rumination?

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constant dwelling on problem

20
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What is the difference between state & trait anxiety?

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state: varies (before exam)
trait: personality trait

21
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How is state anxiety evaluated?

A

TAQ (test anxiety questionnaire)

22
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How is trait anxiety evaluated?

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TAS (test anxiety scale)

23
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How is anxiety assessed? (2 inventories)

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1) Spielberger state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI)

2) Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

24
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What is concurrent validity? Is it high for trait or state for STAI?

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  • correlation b.w other anxiety assessments (HIGH for trait))
25
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What is discriminant validity? Is it highfor trait or state for STAI?

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  • tests whether concepts that seem unrelated are truly unrelated (HIGH for state)
26
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Is reliability high or low on the STAI?

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HIGH - trait

LOW - state (expected)

27
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How are responses measured on the STAI?

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  • 4 pt scale
28
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How are responses measured on the BAI?

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  • self report, paper & pencil test
29
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Is reliability high or low on the BAI?

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HIGH 0.92

30
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Is validity high or low on the BAI?

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HIGH content criterion construct

31
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Why was the BAI developed?

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to distinguish b/w ANXIETY and DEPRESSION

32
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What is Eyseneck’s theory in terms of test anxiety?

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worrying uses up short term memory (leaves little room for task performance, DECREASES validity of tests)

33
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What is Mandler & Sarason’s theory in terms of test anxiety?

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task relevant responses are (+)
tast irrelevant réponses are (-)
e.g. thinking that you suck will lower your test score

34
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What does the Test Anxiety Questionnaire measure?

A

state anxiety (high reliability, some validity)

35
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What does the Test Anxiety Scale measure?

A

trait anxiety

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