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Those who experience unpredictable periods of terror and intense dread, accompanied by frightening physical sensations, may be diagnosed with a ______________ disorder.

panic

Anxiety that takes the form of an irrational and maladaptive fear of a specific object, activity, or situation is called a ____________.

phobia

If a person is focusing anxiety on specific feared objects or situations, that person may have a ______________.

phobia

Those with symptoms of recurring memories and nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia for weeks after a traumatic event may be diagnosed with ______________ ______________ disorder.

post-traumatic stress

People experiencing anxiety disorders are extremely attentive to threatening stimuli; that is, they are

hypervigilant

panic disorder

An anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations.

OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

Disorder consisting of unwanted, repetitive thoughts and actions

Researchers believe that conditioning and cognitive processes contribute to anxiety disorders, OCD, and PTSD. What biological factors also contribute to these disorders?

Inherited temperament differences and other gene variations; experience altered brain pathways; and outdated inherited responses that had survival value for our distant ancestors.

posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

a disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, numbness of feeling, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience

An episode of intense dread, accompanied by trembling, dizziness, chest pains, or choking sensations and by feelings of terror, is called

a panic attack

phobia

anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object, activity, or situation

The learning perspective proposes that phobias are

conditioned fears

Unfocused tension, apprehension, and arousal are symptoms of ______________ ______________ disorder.

generalized anxiety

Marina became consumed with the need to clean the entire house and refused to participate in any other activities. Her family consulted a therapist, who diagnosed her as having _____-_____ disorder.

obsessive compulsive

Those who express anxiety through unwanted repetitive thoughts or actions may have a(n) ______________-______________ disorder.

obsessive compulsive

Anxiety disorders

psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety

When a person with an anxiety disorder eases anxiety by avoiding or escaping a situation that inspires fear, this is called

reinforcement

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

when a person is continually tense, apprehensive and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal