attentional biases in anxiety

Question 1

define trait and state anxiety

Answer 1

trait: tendency to attend to, experience, and report negative emotions such as fears, worries, and anxiety
state: situations that evoke anxiety

Question 2

how is attentional bias measured?

Answer 2

emotional stroop: focus on threat-related words
dot-probe: higher RTs for TRW or images
visual search: faster fear-relevant stimuli detection
(distractions occur if there is also an interest)

Question 3

what is the acquisition and moderation model?

Answer 3

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