Exam 5: Anxiety, Trauma and Stressor-Related, and Obsessive-Compulsive

A young child has thoughts about hating her younger brother and wishing he would die. She becomes very anxious about these thoughts because she has developed the idea that if anything really happened to him, it would be her fault. This pattern of thinking is called .

In OCD, certain types of obsessions lead to certain types of compulsions. From the following, choose the one that is a correct match between an obsession and its consequent rituals.

Marika regularly shows up at school with bandages on her arm. When her friends ask her why she has a new one, she dodges the question and just says, "Oh I got a small cut." She is regularly seen playing with the bandages, and one day one of her friends was sure she saw Marika actually picking at her own skin in the same area of her arm. Which problem may Marika be challenged by?

Recent research by Barlow (2002) and others indicates that vulnerability to anxiety disorders is related to

Tony has thoughts about hating his younger brother and wishing he would die. He becomes very anxious about these thoughts because he has developed the idea that if anything really happened to his brother, it would be his fault. For no explainable reason, Tony starts mentally counting by odd numbers each time he walks past his brother's room and discovers that this activity makes him less anxious. Tony's behavior can be described as

Starting with the DSV-IV, panic disorder and agoraphobia were integrated into one disorder called panic disorder with agoraphobia. Why was this the case?

According to your textbook, there are at least three ways of developing a phobia. Which is NOT one of these ways?

Which of the following is an accurate statement about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

The setting for posttraumatic stress disorder to occur follows an experience accompanied by a triad of feelings, including all of the following EXCEPT .

The median age of onset for a specific phobia is .

Generalized psychological vulnerabilities lead to:

In the general population, as many as of people suffer from social anxiety disorder at some point in their lives.

All young children experience separation anxiety to some extent. About what percentage of children have separation anxiety severe enough to meet the criteria for Separation Anxiety Disorders?

All of the following are characteristics common to specific phobias EXCEPT

Many of the DSM-5 criteria specify that the diagnosis must not be "better explained by another disorder." Why do you think that this is the case?

Panic attack studies suggest that men

The anxiety disorder called social phobia, involving anxiety about being evaluated or criticized, usually begins during ________.

Physiological assessments of panic attacks recorded in the laboratory indicate an increase in all of the following EXCEPT ______________.

The purpose of creating mini panic attacks in panic control treatment therapy is to

"I've got to get out of here right now, or I may not make it!" This statement is most likely to be said by someone experiencing a(n)