Chapter 10 - Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Flashcards
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)
Characterized by marked fear or anxiety about one or more social situations in which the individual is exposed to possible scrutiny by others.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Characterized by excessive anxiety and worry that has been present for more than 3 months.
Panic Attack
Comes quickly and carries with it an intense feeling of apprehension, anxiety, or fear; happens without an actual situation that would suggest danger.
Separation Anxiety Disorder
A situation where children as they develop do not show a normal sense of independence and continue to feel distress when not with their caregivers.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Characterized by repetitive thoughts and feelings usually followed by behaviors in response to them.
Cognitive Bias
Having more sensitivity than others to the possibility of potential threat.
Stroop Test
A psychological test used to study cognitive bias; the traditional Stroop test has color names in ink of a different color.
Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA)
The major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain and one of the major neurotransmitters involved in anxiety.
Cognitive Avoidance Model
A theoretical model that proposes that worry is the manner in which an individual with GAD attempts to reduce the negative emotional experiences associated with GAD.
Agoraphobia
The condition in which a person experiences fear or anxiety when in public.
Specific Phobia
The condition in which an individual experiences fear or anxiety to a particular condition or object.
Obsessions
Generally unwelcomed thoughts that come into one’s head.
Compulsions
Behaviors that one uses to respond to obsessive thoughts.
Hoarding
An excessive acquisition of objects and an inability to discard these objects.
