Psychopathology Exam 2 Ch. 5 Questions

Question 1

What is the distinction between Fear and Anxiety?

Answer 1

What distinguishes fear from anxiety?
– __Fear__ is a state of immediate alarm in response
to a serious, known threat to one’s well-being
– __Anxiety__ is a state of alarm in response to a vague
sense of being in danger
– Both have the same physiological features – increase
in respiration, perspiration, muscle tension, etc.

Question 2

What is “Metaworry”

Answer 2

Worrying about worrying

Question 3

Which Perspectives are we looking at for GAD?

Answer 3

Psychodynamic, Humanistic, Cognitive

Question 4

What therapies are we talking about?

Answer 4

Cognitive, Mindfulness-Based, and Biological Treatments

Question 5

What phobias are we talking about?

Answer 5

Specific phobias, Social Anxiety Disorder (Social phobia), Panic Disorder and Panic Attack, Agoraphobia

Question 6

What therapies for phobias are we interested in?

Answer 6

Specific Phobias (Flooding and modeling), and Panic Disorders (Drug and cognitive therapies)

Question 7

Which perspective and therapy are we looking at for OCD?

Answer 7

Behavioral