Fear and Anxiety

Question 1

unpleasant bodily responses to operant and respondent behavior in presence of particular stimulus or stimulus situation

Answer 1

Anxiety

Question 2

Strategies people use to decrease autonomic arousal that involve engaging in bodily responses opposite to the autonomic arousal; engage in relaxation exercises to decrease muscle tension, heart rate, breathing rate, and to warm the hands

Answer 2

Relaxation training

Question 3

4 types of relaxation training

Answer 3

1. Progressive Muscle relaxation
2. Diaphragmatic Breathing
3. Attention-Focusing Exercises
4. Behavioral Relaxation Training

Question 4

person systematically tenses and relazes each of the major muscle groups in body

Answer 4

Progressive Muscle relaxation

Question 5

Person breaths in slow, rhythmic fashion to replace reapid, shallow breathing when anxious

Answer 5

Diaphragmatic Breathing

Question 6

person directs attention to a neutral or pleasant stimulus to remove attention form anxiety-producing stimulus

Answer 6

Attention-Focusing Exercises

Question 7

person taught to relax each muscle group in body by assuming relaxed postures

Answer 7

Behavioral Relaxation Training

Question 8

Two types of Attention Focusing Exercises:

Answer 8

1. Meditation

2. Guided imagery

Question 9

person focuses attention on visual, auditory, or kinesthetic stimulus

Answer 9

Meditation

Question 10

person visualized or imagines pleasant scenes/ images

Answer 10

Guided imagery

Question 11

Person with phobia practices relaxation while imagining scenes of fear-producing stimulus

Answer 11

Systematic Desensitization

Question 12

client gradually approaches or is gradually exposed to actual fear-producing stimulus

Answer 12

In Vivo desensitization

Question 13

Difference between Systematic and In-Vivo desensitization

Answer 13

• Systematic: imagines fear producing scenes

- In Vivo: exposed to actual fear producing stimulus

Question 14

person is exposed to fear stimulus at full intensity for prolonged period of time until anxiety subsides in presence of feared stimulus

Answer 14

Flooding

Question 15

57. Jesse has fear of heights. How would you use in vivo desensitization to help Jesse with his fear of heights?

Answer 15

• Create a hierarchy of his fear on 10 different levels
• Start at least fear provoking level and complete until no fear/anxiety associated with it
• Move to next level and complete until no fear/ anxiety associated with it
• Repeat until most fear provoking task is complete without fear/ anxiety associated with it