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

What impact does avoidance in social anxiety disorders have on the normal developmental trajectory of a child as he or she matures?

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Post-traumatic stress disorder is one of the easiest disorders to treat if behavioral interventions are used.

An intense fear reaction resembling sheer terror is called

Anxiety disorders, although significantly impacting an individual's life, do not cause a significant economic burden on American society.

Repetitive hair pulling that results in noticeable hair loss occurs in excoriation disorder.

A classic symptom of PTSD is re-experiencing. Explain how this symptom presents itself in the disorder.

Thirty years of research on psychological interventions for anxiety disorders have shown behavioral therapy and ______ interventions to be the most efficacious treatments.

Someone who has panic symptoms and cannot identify an environmental trigger for the event is most likely experiencing which specific type of attack?

In children, ______ may be the first sign of fear.

Select the statement below about worry that is TRUE.

Revised learning models of fear acquisition have incorporated biological and psychological vulnerabilities as well as environmental stressors that may be present before, during, and after a traumatic conditioning event to explain how the behavior is acquired.

Among women, about 50% of PTSD cases are related to sexual assault.

One behavioral perspective on anxiety disorders maintains that fears may develop through vicarious learning.

Approximately what percent of people diagnosed with an anxiety disorder are comorbid for another anxiety disorder or for depression?

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A diagnosis of excoriation disorder is assigned when an individual tries to stop picking at skin but cannot do so, and some form of social or occupational impairment is present.

Specific phobia is one of the most common phobias disorders worldwide.

Heritability refers to the proportion of variance accounted for by genetic factors.

Little Jake is strongly bonded to his mother. In fact, he has a difficult time letting her out of his sight. When his mother must leave him in daycare to go to work, the daycare provider calls because Jake is inconsolable. Since being placed in daycare, Jake has also refused to sleep alone. What disorder do Jake's symptoms suggest?