Anxiety and Fear

Question 1

Apprehension about the future (ex: exam in a FEW days)

Answer 1

Anxiety

Question 2

Somatic sensations of increased HR and muscle tension can be caused by

Answer 2

Anxiety

Question 3

Immediate alarm reaction from a perceived danger

Answer 3

Fear

Question 4

Sympathetic NS activation Fight or Flight comes from

Answer 4

Fear

Question 5

What are the three types of reaction to fear?

Answer 5

1. Physiological
2. Behavioral
3. Cognitive

Question 6

Physiological aspects of fear (3)

Answer 6

1. increased HR/inc. BP
2. Muscle tension
3. Breathing becomes more rapid

Question 7

Behavioral aspects of fear (1)

Answer 7

1. Take actions geared towards avoiding or escaping feared stimulus (running away)

Question 8

Cognitive aspects of fear (2)

Answer 8

1. Attention paid to the threat
2. Difficult to concentrate from things aside the fear

Question 9

Fear and anxiety are ___________

Answer 9

Adaptive

Question 10

Protects us by activating a massive response enabling us to flight or fight

Answer 10

Adaptiveness of fear/anxiety

Question 11

What are the differences between healthy and unhealthy fear/anxiety?

Answer 11

1. When there is nothing to be afraid of
2. Is out of proportion to the actual threat

Question 12

What is a marked and persistent fear of a specific object or situation?

Answer 12

Specific phobia

Question 13

Specific phobias almost always (4)

Answer 13

1. are avoided or endured with distress
2. causes fear or anxiety
3. causes significant distress/impairment
4. out of proportion to the actual threat.

Question 14

Tendency to be uptight or high strung/or to panic

Answer 14

Biological vulnerability

Question 15

Grow up believing the world is dangerous and out of control

Answer 15

General psychological vulnerability

Question 16

Sensations of anxiety are thought to be harmful

Answer 16

Anxiety sensitivity

Question 17

To overcome anxiety, we need to ____________ and ________

Answer 17

Overcome and adapt

Question 18

Object/situation previously considered harmless made to be harmful with the association of another harmful stimuli

Answer 18

Classical Conditioning

Question 19

Ancestors that quickly learned that certain animals, heights, etc. were dangerous were the ones to live

Answer 19

Prepared learning

Question 20

Phobia causing vulnerabilities (2)

Answer 20

1. Prepared learning
2. Classical conditioning

Question 21

Produce short term reduction in anxiety and are negatively reinforced

Answer 21

Safety behaviors

Question 22

Safety behaviors = _______________________________

Answer 22

Operant Conditioning

Question 23

In getting rid of phobias, what are the 4 common fear combatants?

Answer 23

1. Cognitive shift
2. Habituation
3. Extinction
4. Social learning

Question 24

Receiving “new information” about a stressor stimulus that allows the patient to only be caused slight anxiety, instead of great is called?

Answer 24

Cognitive shift

Question 25

‘getting used to’ a potential stressor stimulus

Answer 25

habituation

Question 26

If fear consequence doesn’t exist after prolonged exposure, it will cause a lessoned reaction

Answer 26

Extinction

Question 27

Learning from someone else being exposed to a stimulus and not be injured/panicked

Answer 27

Social learning