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8. Which of the following are the antidepressants most widely prescribed today for the treatment of panic disorder? a. SSRIs b. Tricyclics c. Anxiolytics d. Benzodiazepines

a. SSRIs

2. Studies of preparedness and social phobia a. find that angry faces act as fear-relevant stimuli. b. reveal that an explicit perception of threat is necessary to evoke a sympathetic response. c. do not provide justification for the seemingly irrational nature of social phobia. d. provide an explanation for why such a maladaptive behavioral response persists.

a. find that angry faces act as fear-relevant stimuli.

10. When Kenneth was a young boy he went to a dentist who treated him uncaringly and inflicted a good deal of pain. Even years later, he has an uncontrollable and intense fear of not only dentists but physicians, too. This best illustrates how phobias might be the result of a. generalization in classical conditioning. b. observational conditioning. c. secondary gain. d. the inflation effect.

a. generalization in classical conditioning.

7. The fact that dirt and contamination were threats to our ancestors suggests a. that preparedness theory may help explain obsessive-compulsive disorder. b. that fear of these things is rational. c. that obsessive-compulsive disorder probably exists in many species, not just humans. d. that obsessive-compulsive disorder is one of the oldest disorders in existence.

a. that preparedness theory may help explain obsessive-compulsive disorder.

5. Which of the following would be an example of anxiety? a. Julie jumped when she saw the snake. b. Hilda dreaded walking home alone. c. Carl was certain that the food was poisoned. d. The voices in Paul's head told him he should be afraid.

b. Hilda dreaded walking home alone.

3. Cognitive approaches to social phobia focus on a. extinguishing problematic behavioral responses. b. challenging automatic thoughts. c. identifying the underlying cause of the phobia. d. minimizing symptoms.

b. challenging automatic thoughts.

4. Neurobiological factors involved in panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder provide evidence for the hypothesis that a. both disorders are caused by an excess of the GABA neurotransmitter. b. fear and anxiety are fundamentally distinct. c. the two disorders are genetically identical. d. panic may be an acute version of generalized anxiety disorder.

b. fear and anxiety are fundamentally distinct.

6. Fear is a basic emotion that involves a. concern about the future. b. the activation of the "fight or flight" response. c. negative thoughts, but not a change in physiological arousal. d. a complex blend of negative mood and self-preoccupation.

b. the activation of the "fight or flight" response.

9. What is thought to explain the effectiveness of the SSRIs in treating panic disorder? a. They increase serotonergic activity. b. They increase noradrenergic activity. c. They decrease serotonergic activity. d. They decrease noradrenergic activity.

d. They decrease noradrenergic activity.

1. Persistent and recurrent thoughts are a. compulsions. b. delusions. c. hallucinations. d. obsessions.

d. obsessions.