Unit 3 - Physical Activity & Anxiety

Question 1

state of successful performance of mental function

Answer 1

mental health

Question 2

Mental health results in _________ activities, fulfilling relationships, and the ability to adapt to change and cope with _______.

Answer 2

productive, adversity

Question 3

collectively, all diagnosable mental disorders

Answer 3

mental illness

Question 4

___________ are health conditions characterized by altered thought, mood, behavior associated with distress and/or impaired function.

Answer 4

mental illnesses

Question 5

___________ are less extreme than mental illness.

Answer 5

mental health problems

Question 6

It is important to understand causes for development and refinement of ________ and ___________ treatments for mental illness.

Answer 6

effective, appropriate

Question 7

___________ is a multidimensional assessment and outcome-monitoring instrument subscales related to psychological symptoms and distress in college students, and incorporate a general Distress Index.

Answer 7

CCAPS (Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms)

Question 8

Normal human emotion, often elicited when encountering stressors

Answer 8

anxiety

Question 9

Anxiety is a noticeable, emotional state characterized by feelings of _________ and elevated __________ activity.

Answer 9

apprehension, autonomic nervous system

Question 10

_______ is a pathological counterpart of normal fear that is manifested by disturbances of mood, cognition, behavior, and physiological activity.

Answer 10

clinical anxiety

Question 11

Anxiety is a _________ condition characterized by unpleasant feelings, bodily symptoms from activation in the ANS, changes in cognitions, changes in behavior, and vigilance.

Answer 11

psychophysiological

Question 12

________ is the most prevalent of mental disorders due to increased number of stressors.

Answer 12

anxiety

Question 13

Clinical anxiety can be distinguished from normal anxiety through the ________ and __________ of symptoms, degree of suffering, and degree __________.

Answer 13

number, intensity, dysfunction

Question 14

________ treatments of anxiety (drugs, therapy) are readily available and generally effective.

Answer 14

traditional

Question 15

Only __% of people get meaningful relief from medications for anxiety.

Answer 15

50

Question 16

combination of relaxation training, thought restructuring, psychological education, changing responses to anxiety-provoking situations

Answer 16

psychotherapy & CBT

Question 17

transient emotional state involving feelings of apprehension and heightened ANS activity

Answer 17

state anxiety

Question 18

________ anxiety is assessed by asking how do you feel “right now, at this moment”

Answer 18

state

Question 19

A more general predisposition involving the tendency to perceive situations as threatening or dangerous and respond with apprehension, worry, and nervousness across many situations.

Answer 19

trait anxiety

Question 20

_________ anxiety is assessed by asking how do you “generally feel or feel on average”

Answer 20

trait

Question 21

single bouts of exercise at some level of intensity and duration

Answer 21

acute exercise

Question 22

regular program of acute bouts of exercise lasting for weeks or months and usually designed to improve aspects of fitness

Answer 22

chronic exercise

Question 23

What is the most common, easiest, and fastest way to measure anxiety?

Answer 23

self-report/questionnaire

Question 24

Physically fit individuals are shown to have ____ anxiety than their unfit counterparts.

Answer 24

less

Question 25

____ levels of anxiety decrease following chronic activity.

Answer 25

trait

Question 26

Evidence supports __________ as a buffer against anxiety symptoms and anxiety disorders.

Answer 26

physical activity

Question 27

Initially low-fit, highly anxious individuals have the most to gain from __________.

Answer 27

exercise training

Question 28

Anxiety is reduced following ________ exercise. This occurs for state anxiety following _______ exercise and trait anxiety following _________ exercise.

Answer 28

aerobic, acute, chronic

Question 29

Anxiety seems to _________ slightly following acute light intensity resistance/anaerobic exercise.

Answer 29

increase

Question 30

Many self-report instruments may be erroneously reflecting increased anxiety that is really increased _________.

Answer 30

arousal

Question 31

_________ effect is transient (seems to last 2-4 hours following acute exercise) and parallels some physiological changes.

Answer 31

Anxiolytic

Question 32

________ is as affective as other known anxiety-reducing treatments.

Answer 32

exercise

Question 33

deVries found that the ________ intensity exercise works better to replace medication.

Answer 33

lower

Question 34

Some have said that exercise of at least moderate intensity sustained for at least ___ minutes will yield anxiety reduction

Answer 34

20

Question 35

States that elevated body temperature resulting from exercise may lead to observed psychological changes, such as reduced anxiety

Answer 35

Thermogenic Hypothesis

Question 36

States that exercise provides distraction from normal routine

Answer 36

Distraction/Time-Out Hypothesis

Question 37

States that PA enhances affect by “increasing pleasantness of valence and arousal (activation)”

Answer 37

Core Affect Hypothesis

Question 38

Rebar et al. (2015) found that __________ increased after exercise in patients with anxiety disorders.

Answer 38

valence

Question 39

Propensity to fear anxiety sensations and characteristic of many anxiety disorders

Answer 39

distress intolerance

Question 40

Exercise helps by providing exposure to somatic sensations leading to fear and anxiety.

Answer 40

interoceptive exposure

Question 41

Exercise reduces aspects of anxiety ___________ that is also negatively associated with PA/exercise.

Answer 41

sensitivity

Question 42

Williams et al. (2016) found that greater aerobic fitness is associated with _____ general anxiety and _____ positive perceptions of anxiety symptoms during acute stress task.

Answer 42

less, more

Question 43

Long-term exercise is usually associated with reductions in ________ and anxiety.

Answer 43

neuroticism