Exam 5: Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders

Freud's psychodynamic view was that ______ resulted from the threatened emergence of unacceptable, anxiety-evoking ideas into conscious awareness.

Chronic worry is a central feature of ______.

James suffers from acrophobia. According to the psychodynamic perspective, his fear of heights probably represents an unconscious ______.

Corinne engages in elaborate hand-washing rituals. She feels that she must spend several hours a day at the sink washing her hands after touching anybody or anything that might have dirt or germs. Her Behaviors are ______.

Anxiety disorders affect ___________ adults in the United States.

The word phobia derives from the Greek word "phobos," meaning ______.

Explain what phobias are, describing their common features. Also, define and describe specific phobia, social phobia, and agoraphobia.

Chad is on the dean's list in college and he is also one of the best athletes on the football team. Despite his successes, Chad worries about his grades and finds his mind going blank at times. He is also beginning to have difficulty falling asleep. Most likely, Chad has ______.

Drugs like Prozac that operate on the serotonin system, are effective in treating ______.

During a panic attack, the adrenal glands ______.

Which of the following medications has recently been shown to speed up the extinction of fear responses in rats?

There is a stronger bodily component in the symptoms of _________ than to the symptoms of other forms of anxiety disorders.

People with panic disorder misattribute changes in ______ to dire underlying causes.

An intrusive, recurrent thought or image that an individual cannot control is known as a(n) ______.

About ______ percent of Americans develop a panic disorder at some point their lives.

Panic attacks have stronger bodily components than other anxiety disorders.

Which one of the following is a factor in proneness to phobias?

The DSM-5 category of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders contains which of the following disorders?

Agoraphobia often follows the development of panic attacks beginning in_________.

Todd spends hours checking and rechecking the doors and windows to his house to make sure they are completely locked and secured before he leaves for work in the morning. This is the Only way he can prevent himself from being overwhelmed by anxiety and fears he left Something unlocked as he drives to the office. Todd is suffering from ______ disorder.