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An optimal level of stress can help you focus on the test and remember the information that you studied; too much test anxiety can impair your ability to concentrate and make it more difficult to remember the correct answers. This is an example of: |
Yerkes-Dodson law; Increased states of arousal can help increase performance. |
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What is the difference between Fear and Anxiety? |
Fear: Prepares for immediate action; clear course of action such as fight or flight Anxiety: Prepares for anticipated action; no clear course of action; person does not know what to do. |
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List 3 criteria for specific phobias according to the D.S.M V: |
1. Marked fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation. 2. Fear or anxiety about the object is persistent for more than 6 months. 3. The object or situation is avoided or endured with intense fear and anxiety. |
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What is the defining feature of Social Anxiety Disorder? |
Intense fear or anxiety about 1 or more social situations in which the individual may be subject to scrutiny or ridicule. |
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Symptoms of Social Anxiety Disorder may be similar to those of Panic Disorder but ONLY occur in ___________ |
Social situations |
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When it comes to specific phobias, which 2 were the most common? |
Heights and Snakes |
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About what percentage of people do NOT seek treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder? |
About 90% |
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Social Anxiety Disorder is highly commorbid with which other disorder? |
Depression |
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In Social Anxiety Disorder, what happens to the amygdala? |
Hyper-activation |
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What happens to the medial pre-frontal cortex in S.A.D? |
Hypoactivation |
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Genetics account for 30-40% of phobia variance in the ____________ |
Population |
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Mowrer's 2 factor model of Avoidance Learning involves what 2 types of conditioning? |
1. Classical: Traumatic experience with a formerly neutral object 2. Operant: Negative reinforcement |
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What is the problem when people with S.A.D exhibit safety behaviors? |
They perpetuate the problem via reinforcement |
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What does evolutionary preparedness theory state about phobias? |
Some phobias are more readily acquired such as snakes, heights, drowning, etc. Things that we have learned to be inherently dangerous and harm our survival. |
