Exam 3: Anxiety, obsessive-Compulsive, and Trauma-And Stressor-Related Disorders

Hypervigilance can be described as being __________.

PET scans have shown changes in brain functioning following behavioural therapy.

Which of the following people is MOST likely to develop a social anxiety disorder?

Systematic desensitization involves in-vivo exposure to threatening events to help overcome anxiety.

According to cognitive theory,phobias symbolize unconscious conflicts.

Statistics Canada has shown that persons diagnosed with social anxiety disorder are more likely to be __________.

Serge has had persistent anxiety for about 13 months.He has also suffered from shakiness,feeling "keyed up," insomnia,irritability,and chronic muscle tension.He is best diagnosed as having ________ disorder.

The idea that some people are genetically predisposed to acquire phobic responses to certain classes of stimuli is called ________.

Of the following,the specific phobia with the latest average age of onset is ________.

Cognitive-behaviour therapists often treat generalized anxiety with ________.

Discuss some of the long-term effects of posttraumatic stress disorder.

Panic attack sufferers often believe they are________.

College students rarely experience panic attacks.

Meredith has an excessive,unrealistic fear of shopping in crowded stores and walking through crowded streets.She has ________.

Loretta always feels as if a thousand eyes are watching every move she makes,just waiting to find a flaw.She is preoccupied with the impression she makes on others and usually assumes she has made a negative one.As a result,she often avoids situations in which she will have to deal with large numbers of people.She is best described as having ________.

Corinna engages in elaborate hand-washing rituals.She spends several hours a day at the sink and washes her hands after touching anybody or anything that might have dirt or germs.Her behaviours are ________.

Fear of mice would be an example of prepared conditioning.

Obsessive-compulsive disorders have shown some responsiveness to drug treatment with antidepressant medications.

Acute and posttraumatic stress disorders are actually one and the same.

The onset of panic disorder is usually in ________.