Exam 4: Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders

Which of the following are components of the autonomic nervous system?

Psychologists using psychological challenge studies examine brain functioning through PET scans of people affected by a disorder and of those not affected by it. For obsessive-compulsive disorder studies, this technique would

As compared to other people with social anxiety disorder, people with "performance-only" panic disorder are less likely to have experienced _____ during childhood.

Negative reinforcement increases avoidance behavior and anxiety by punishing the person's behavior.

A child's developmental hierarchy of fear depends on the child's chronological age and

A soldier returning from deployment overseas reports heightened anxiety, a sense of not being able to feel emotions, and re-experiencing a "video" in his mind of a horrific roadside bombing whenever he hears the local fire company siren go off. Although he has tried to remind himself that it is the same siren he has heard for years, the fear he experiences upon hearing it is overwhelming. Given this scenario, which of the following might be his diagnosis?

Every evening, Ramin must knock on his front door three times before going to bed. He discovered that this was an effective way to ward off robbers. His knocking on the door is an example of

Family and genetic studies tell us that compared with relatives of people without an anxiety disorder, relatives of someone diagnosed with an anxiety disorder are

While trichotillomania and obsessive-compulsive disorders have many features in common, they also have significant differences. One of these includes the fact that

Research indicates a link between social anxiety disorder and substance abuse or dependence. Explain the possible causal relationship in this linkage.

In behavioral terms, the goal of psychotherapy in treating an anxiety disorder is to

An expoected panic attack would be characterized by which of the following statements?

Personality disorders are rarely comorbid with obsessive-compulsive disorders.

According to your text, common obsessions include thoughts about dirt and germs, aggression, failure to engage locks, and

Blood-injury-illness phobias are different from other phobias in a unique way involving vasovagal syncope. This condition involves

Some people suffer from a feeling that a thousand eyes are watching every move they make. In addition, they may be preoccupied with the impression that they make on others, usually assuming it to be negative. As a result, these people may avoid situations in which they will have to interact with large numbers of people. How would you categorize this behavior?

Which of the following IS NOT one of the three factors listed in the text that differentiates normal anxiety from abnormal anxiety?Kadence is 8. At this age, children sometimes fear:

Kendra often has her hair in her hands and pulls at it. When she is nervous, she tends to pull some of it out, which helps her feel better. Most of the time she does not even realize she is doing this. Which diagnosis would Kendra likely receive?

Specific phobias of ______ are more common in women than in men.

Ester used to pick at mosquito bites when she was younger and found that it made her feel better. When her parents divorced, she began picking at her arm, causing it to break open and bleed. She would then pick at the scabs, preventing them from healing properly. Now she finds that she engages in this behavior automatically when she is nervous about something. What would be her likely diagnosis?