Lesson 5 (abnormal psychology) Flashcards
you notice someone who is sweating, experiencing shortness of breath, choking, feeling dizzy, and is afraid of dying. If it is not a heart attack but an indicator of an anxiety disorder, it is probably a
panic attack
apparently, people develop phobias more readily to such objects as spiders and the dark than they do to such objects as computers and radios. this observation supports the idea of
(WRONG ANSWER: CONDITIONING)
a professor who puts on rubber gloves before grading papers and religiously avoids contact with the hands of students is exhibiting a
touching compulsion
in DSM-5, it is likely that post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder will be moved out of the anxiety category and into a separate one in order to
emphasize the prominent role of trauma in the disorders
according to Freud, children who are severely and repeatedly punished for expressing their id impulses may develop
moral anxiety
“Your worries? They’re only thoughts. Don’t try to stop them, but recognize that they’re thoughts, and don’t let them upset you so much.” This quote most likely would come from someone using ___ therapy fro GAD
mindfullness-based cognitive therapy
people who have a biological vulnerability for anxiety that is brought to the surface by social/psychological factors develop generalized anxiety disorders, according to the
diathesis-stress model
When I was a young child and watching TV with my mother, a mouse ran by. My mother screamed, scaring me. Subsequently, I have been afraid of mice. In this example, my mother’s scream is the
WRONG ANSWER: CONDITIONED RESPONCE
A neurologist who was working with a person with OCD would be suspicious of abnormality in what region of the brain?
caudate nuclei
Imagine that you are being trated for a social phobia. Your therapist watches you act out a social scene, points out what you did correctly and incorrectly, and praises you for what you did well. Which behavioral technique did you therapist not use?
modeling
