Abnormal Psych - Ch 5: Anxiety Disorders

Front 1

________ is an negative mood state characterized by bodily symptoms of physical tension and by apprehension about the future.

Back 1

Anxiety


(Ch 5 p.121)

Front 2

T or F:
Anxiety is difficult to study in humans.

Back 2

True
Because it can take many subjective forms, such as a sense of unease, a set of anxious/worried/fidgety behaviors, or a physiological response in the brain reflected by elevated heart rate or muscle tension.

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Front 3

T or F:
Anxiety is closely related to depression.

Back 3

True


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Front 4

T or F:
Anxiety is good for us in moderate amounts.

Back 4

True
We perform better when we are a little anxious. Physical and intellectual performances are driven and enhanced by anxiety.

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Front 5

__________ is a future-oriented mood state.

Back 5

Anxiety


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Front 6

T or F:
Too much or severe anxiety can be harmful.

Back 6

True
Severe anxiety usually doesn't go away -- that is, even if we "know" there is nothing to be afraid of, we remain anxious.

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Front 7

________ is an immediate alarm reaction to danger.

Back 7

Fear


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Front 8

Fear protects us by activating a massive response from the autonomic nervous system (increased heart rate/blood pressure), which along with our terror, motivates us to escape (flee) or possibly attack (fight). This is known as the ________ _________ response.

Back 8

Fight or flight response


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Front 9

T or F:
Fear and Anxiety reactions differ psychologically and physiologically.

Back 9

True


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Front 10

_________ is a future-oriented mood state, characterized by apprehension because we cannot predict or control upcoming events.

Back 10

Anxiety


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Front 11

_______ is an immediate emotional reaction to current danger characterized by strong escapist action tendencies and a surge in the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system.

Back 11

Fear


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Front 12

______ is when you experience the alarm response of fear when there is nothing to be afraid of -- that is, a false alarm.

Back 12

Panic


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Front 13

A ________ ________ is defined as an abrupt experience of intense fear or acute discomfort, accompanied by physical symptoms that usually include heart palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath and dizziness.

Back 13

Panic Attack


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Front 14

Name the three types of panic attacks.

Back 14

1. situationally bound - panic attacks that occur in a specific situation
2. unexpected - you have no clue when or where a panic attack might occur
3. situationally predisposed - you are more likely in a specific situation have a panic attack, but not always

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Front 15

__________ and _________ types of panic attacks are important in panic disorder.

Back 15

Unexpected and situationally predisposed


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Front 16

_________ _________ panic attacks are more common in specific phobias or social phobia.

Back 16

situationally bound
(because these are specific situations)


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Front 17

T or F:
Increasing evidence shows that we inherit a tendency to be tense or uptight.

Back 17

True


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Front 18

T or F:
A single gene causes anxiety.

Back 18

False
NO single gene seems to cause anxiety. Instead, contributions from collections of genes in several areas on chromosomes make us vulnerable to anxiety.

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Front 19

T or F:
The tendency to panic also seems to run in families and may have a genetic component.

Back 19

True


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Front 20

The area of the brain most associated with anxiety is the ________ ________, which acts as the mediator between the brain stem and the cortex.

Back 20

limbic system


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Front 21

_________ _________ system is activated by signals from the brain stem of unexpected events, such as major changes in body functioning that might signal danger.

Back 21

behavioral inhibition system (BIS)
When BIS is activated, our tendency is to freeze, experience anxiety, and apprehensively evaluate the situation to confirm that danger is present.


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Front 22

T or F:
One study suggests that cigarette smoking as a teenager is associated with greatly increased risk for developing anxiety and its disorders as adults, particularly panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.

Back 22

True


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Front 23

T or F:
A general "sense of uncontrollability" may develop early as a function of upbringing and other environmental factors.

Back 23

True


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Front 24

Stressful lie events trigger our ________ and ________ vulnerabilities to anxiety.

Back 24

biological and psychological


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Front 25

T or F:
The particular way we react to stress seems to run in families.

Back 25

True


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Front 26

Back 26

Relationships among anxiety, fear and panic attack

(Fig 5.1 P. 123)

Front 27

Back 27

The three vulnerabilities that contribute to the development of anxiety disorders. If individuals possess all three, the odds are greatly increased that they will develop an anxiety disorder after experiencing a stressful situation.

Figure 5.3 p. 126

Front 28

An integrated model of Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Back 28

Figure 5.5 p. 131

Front 29

A model of the causes of panic disorder with and without agoraphobia.

Back 29

Figure 5.7 p. 137

Front 30

A model of the various ways a specific phobia might develop.

Back 30

Figure 5.10 p.147

Front 31

A model of the various ways a social phobia might develop.

Back 31

Figure5.11 p. 150

Front 32

A model of the causes of PTSD.

Back 32

Figure 5.14 p.158

Front 33

A model of the causes of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Back 33

Figure 5.15 p. 163

Front 34

Concept Check 5.1 p.127

Back 34

1. b - panic attack
2. c - situationally bound
3. e,d - brain circuits & neurotransmitters
4. a - comorbidity
5. f - stressful

Front 35

Concept Check 5.2 p. 132

Back 35

1. True
2. False (more gradual)
3. True
4. False
5. True