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

From the learning perspective,Hans's fears of animals represent ________.

Ebony has an excessive,unrealistic fear of heights.Her phobia is ________.

Social anxiety disorders affect between ________% of adults at some point in their lives.

Anxiety is an abnormal response to a threat.

Kyle is afraid of elevators.His therapist has him stand outside an elevator until he remains calm.Then Kevin stands inside the elevator with the door open.He then stands in it with the door closed.Then he rides it up one floor.Eventually he rides it to the top of the building and back down while remaining calm.Kyle's therapist used ________ to treat his phobia.

Acute stress disorder is often characterized by extreme anxiety and by ________,that is,feelings of detachment from oneself or one's environment.

An exaggerated startle response is often displayed as always being on guard.

According to some estimates,as many as ________ % of Canadian armed forces,especially those stationed in hot spots like Afghanistan,have developed PTSD.

Simone stays home and avoids crowded buses and crowded malls.Her therapist would likely diagnose her as having __________.

Saying to oneself,"I have experienced these feelings before,I'll just let them pass," is an example of __________.

About ________ % of adults suffer from agoraphobia at some point during their lifetimes.

Systematic desensitization is a type of ________.

Specific phobias usually begin in ________.

According to humanistic-existential theory,anxiety disorders reflect ________.

From the behavioural perspective,agoraphobia results from ________.

Adjustment disorders are ________ psychological disorders.

From the psychodynamic perspective,anxieties reflect the energies attached to unconscious conflicts and the id's efforts to keep them repressed.

Cognitive models relate obsessive-compulsive disorder with tendencies to __________ the risk of unfortunate events.

Brooke broke up with her boyfriend about three months ago.She has felt depressed and has been unable to keep up with her schoolwork since.She just mopes around thinking of her lost love.She is best diagnosed as having ________ disorder.

Panic attacks generally occur gradually and slowly build in intensity.