Concept Quiz 11.3 Flashcards
Anxiety disorders typically feature anxiety that ______.
It’s not proportional to a person’s circumstances
Of the following, who is most likely to have anxiety, as opposed to fear?
Emily, who is worried about her psychology final she is unable to study
What kind of obsessions are involved in obsessive compulsive disorder?
Intrusive
What is an obsession?
An intrusive, distressing, thought
What of the following is not a characteristic of PTSD?
An attraction of stimuli surrounding a traumatic event
Brain imaging studies consistently, sure that PTSD is correlated with smaller ____ volume in the brain
Hippocampal
Which of the following is true of anxiety?
Evidence of a predisposition to anxiety appears early in life
Generalized anxiety disorder is a condition characterized by excessive anxiety and worry that _____.
It’s not correlated with particular object or situations
As a child, Kim was always highly reactive to new situations. Because her mother was a worry wort, Kim learned to view the world as a place required vigilance. When her father died, cams doctor attribute, her stress levels to general anxiety disorder the source of her GAD is best described as using ____.
An integrated perspective
Eileen works in a crowded downtown neighborhood. She constantly worries that her car will be stolen while she is at work, and repeatedly goes back and checks to see that it is locked before finally arriving at the office, frequently late. Her therapist explained that returning to her car so often is a way to reduce anxiety created by her obsessive thoughts. This is ____.
A learning explanation based on operant conditioning
Jake, a veteran of the Iraq war, witnessed his friends, being severely injured, or killed on two tours of duty. He came home, physically healthy but suffering from PTSD. Jake was not much of a drinker before he went to Iraq, but now he frequently drinks alone at night. To what might this be related?
Lower levels of natural occurring benzodiazepine activity in the frontal cortex
The experience of intense fear, an automatic arousal in the absence of a real threat is called ____.
A panic attack
