FINAL REVIEW: Anxiety, OCD, and PTSD (50)

OCD

1 to 3 percent of people

Michael is extremely fearful of germs. He sleeps in a special chamber at night, wears gloves, and will only eat food that he can unwrap. His symptoms are most characteristic of:

A phobia

Susan has been diagnosed with panic disorder and refuses to leave her home without her husband. She fears any situation in which she cannot escape or find help when a panic attack would strike. Susan suffers from panic disorder as well as _____.

Agoraphobia

Sigmund Freud proposed that, beginning in childhood, people repress intolerable impulses, ideas, and feelings, and that this submerged mental energy sometimes produces mystifying symptoms, most notably _____.

Anxiety

Humanistic perspective

Emphasizes the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's potential for personal growth

Lenore is continually tense and plagued by muscle tension, sleeplessness, and an inability to concentrate. Lenore most likely suffers from a(n):

Generalized anxiety disorder

If one has too much _____, the brain's alarm centers may become overactive.

Glutamate

The link between conditioned fear and general anxiety helps explain why anxious people are _____ to possible threats, and how panic-prone people come to associate anxiety with certain cues.

Hyperattentive

Andrea experiences extreme anxiety when she approaches any lake. Her therapist suggests that her fear is the result of a traumatic childhood boating accident. The therapist's suggestion reflects a _____ perspective.

Learning

Symptoms that can be incorrectly perceived as those of a heart attack are most characteristic of _____ disorder.

Panic

Several times in the past two months, Petra has experienced a racing heart, intense fear that something horrible is about to happen, and an inability to breathe. Petra most likely is suffering from _____.

Panic Attacks

Based on the research showing that smokers are more likely to have panic attacks and at higher intensity, which of the following populations is more likely to have panic attacks?

People who use other types of stimulants

If one avoids situations in which help may not be available when panic strikes, that person may be suffering from a _____.

Phobia

Seven months ago, Quinn witnessed the gruesome murder of a close friend. Although many people expected him to suffer from this, he seemed to have the opposite reaction. He had a greater appreciation for life, his relationships with his family became more meaningful, and he became more involved in his faith. Quinn's response is known as:

Posttraumatic growth

Psychoanalytic theory

Power of unconscious; Mind governed by Id (desire), ego (sense of self), and superego (conscious)

Sigmund Freud proposed that, beginning in childhood, people repress intolerable impulses, ideas, and feelings. Freud's theory uses the:

Psychoanalytic perspective

_____ helps maintain phobias and compulsions after they arise.

Reinforcement

Walter has an intense fear of speaking in public. Since he can only engage in one-on-one discussions, he has been passed over for promotions. He may be suffering from _____ phobia.

Social (Social anxiety disorder)

Sigmund Freud proposed that, beginning in childhood, people _____ their intolerable impulses, ideas, and feelings, and that this submerged mental energy sometimes produces symptoms such as anxiety.

Repress