Exam 5: Anxiety Disorders

In Freud's analysis of the Little Hans case, Little Hans' fear of horses was seen as

Post-event processing of negative social encounters has been studied as a characteristic of:

In DSM-5, the possible diagnoses for panic disorder are:

Buhr and Dugas (2009)tested a two-factor model of GAD. These factors are intolerance of uncertainty and fear of anxiety. What did they find regarding this model?

William experienced symptoms of sudden heart palpitations, feelings of choking, dizziness, and intense fear, occurring without warning. Which of the following would be an appropriate component of an intervention for his problem?

A large epidemiological study conducted in the U.S. by Blanco et al. (2008)showed a one-year prevalence for anxiety disorders of _____ among university students aged 19 to 25.

Research by McCabe and colleagues (2003)found that _________ was associated with the development of social anxiety disorder.

According to a meta-analytic review of 24 RCTs, anxiety sensitivity has shown to be treatable with which approach?

Why do you think university students are so susceptible to anxiety disorders and panic attacks?

Ted exhibits intense fear of loud noises. According to psychoanalytic theory, Ted's phobia would be

Rapee and Heimberg (1997)theorize that perfectionism and an attentional focus on perceived criticism combines with ________ to produce social anxiety disorder.

Sexton and Dugas (2009)verified the hypothesis that worrying, the core criterion of GAD, serves to avoid negative emotions. The researchers found that:

Anxious people are more likely than non-anxious people to perceive a threat when:

In their investigation of specific social phobias, Blote et al. (2009)stated that _____ was qualitatively and quantitatively different from other subtypes.

In the case study of Margot Paul, the elderly woman from P.E.I. who suffered from agoraphobia, Margot attributed her improvement to:

The study of Little Albert's phobia of a white rat

Jim was bitten by a goose when he was a child. Now, as an adult when he goes to ponds where geese flock, he experiences fear and leaves. His anxiety subsides once he leaves. This illustrates the ________________ theory of phobias.

Research indicates that people high in social anxiety, relative to people low in social anxiety, tend to have:

Which of the following neurotransmitters is most notably implicated in GAD?

A study examining the prevalence of anxiety disorders in 15 countries (Seedat et al., 2009)found results similar to a 1994 Ontario provincial survey. What did the findings show?