Quiz 2

Question 1

Psychological Causal Factors of PHOBIAS

Answer 1

-Vicarious Conditioning
-Evolutionary Preparedness

Question 2

Vicarious Conditioning

Answer 2

Person to person learning through observation

Question 3

Evolutionary Preparedness

Answer 3

Prepared fears that keep us alive

Question 4

Biological Causal Factors of PHOBIAS

Answer 4

-Genetics
-Temperament

Question 5

Phobia Treatments

Answer 5

-exposure therapy
-virtual reality
-participant modeling
-cognitive techniques combinations

Question 6

What does the first panic attack in a panic disorder follow?

Answer 6

Feelings of distress or highly stressful life circumstances

Question 7

Parts of the brain involved in panic

Answer 7

-amygdala
-hippocampus
-higher cortical centers

Question 8

Biochemical abnormalities involved in panic

Answer 8

-low levels of GABA
-noradrenergic and serotonergic systems

Question 9

What does the hippocampus have to do with panic disorder and agoraphobic avoidance?

Answer 9

it’s involved in the learning of emotional responses, which is why you have anticipatory anxiety about another panic attack or leaving your house

Question 10

According to one theory, where in the brain do panic attacks arise from?

Answer 10

amygdala

Question 11

OCD common comorbid disorders

Answer 11

-other anxiety or mood disorders
-depression (80%)

Question 12

Exposure therapy

Answer 12

phobias and OCD

Question 13

OCD and ED connection

Answer 13

OCD: look “normal”, ED: look emaciated
OCD: obsessed/distressed about appearance ED: generally satisfied with appearance

Question 14

fear and anxiety share ___________ components

Answer 14

-cognitive/subjective
-psychological
-behavioral

Question 15

mood disorders defining feature:

Answer 15

extreme emotion

Question 16

two key moods of mood disorders

Answer 16

depression and mania

Question 17

anhedonia

Answer 17

inability to feel pleasure for the things you normally feel pleasure for

Question 18

unipolar mood disorder

Answer 18

only depressive episodes

Question 19

How many weeks of symptoms required for an MDD diagnosis?

Answer 19

two

Question 20

forms of depression

Answer 20

MDD
Persistent depressive disorder
Postpartum depression
Bereavement triggered depression

Question 21

cognitive diatheses that contribute to depression

Answer 21

negative thoughts about yourself, losing a parent early in life

Question 22

how is depression a cognitive issue

Answer 22

reward/punishment. ex: you stay in bed all day and avoid your problems, which makes you want to just keep staying in bed

Question 23

depression as a cognitive issue

Answer 23

how you think about yourself in situations, how you do you explain things/look at the world (always down on yourself)

Question 24

attribution

Answer 24

your way of explaining things (positive/pessimistic attribution style)

Question 25

cyclothymic disorder

Answer 25

“baby” bipolar, similar symptoms/mood swings but more mild

Question 26

bipolar II

Answer 26

not full-blown mania

Question 27

depression:mania ratio of bipolar

Answer 27

about 3:1

Question 28

T/F: there is a big biological component to depression

Answer 28

True

Question 29

standard bipolar treatment

Answer 29

lithium

Question 30

suicide attempt peaks

Answer 30

12-20
45-55
75

Question 31

_________ are more likely to attempt, _________ are more likely to succeed

Answer 31

women, men

Question 32

Disorders that predict suicide

Answer 32

PTSD
Bipolar
Conduct disorder
Intermittent explosive disorder

Question 33

why are adolescents very at risk?

Answer 33

their frontal cortex isn’t developed so they’re impulsive