Practice Quiz 1 Ch 4 Anxiety

What type of drug is alprazolam (Xanax)?

benzodiazepine

According to current research, using relaxation training to treat generalized anxiety disorder is:

better than nothing, and about as effective as meditation.

Devon is being treated for anxiety. He is connected to an instrnment that records muscle tension. His job is to try to reduce the muscle tension. This is an example of:

biofeedback training.

A psychodynamic theorist finds that a client is experiencing a battle between anxiety provoking id impulses and anxiety-reducing ego defense mechanisms. She thinks that this usually unconscious conflict is being played out in an open and obvious manner. She is sure this underlying conflict explains her client's:

obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Someone interested in the effects of culture, poverty, and race on the risk for generalized anxiety disorders, probably represents the perspective.

sociocultural

A professor who puts on rubber gloves before grading papers and religiously avoids any contact with the hands of students is exhibiting a(n):

touching compulsion.

Which of the following is true about drug and cognitive treatments for panic disorder?

Both drug treatments and cognitive treatments are effective.

Which of the following is true about specific phobias?

Each year about 9 percent of people in the United States have the symptoms of a phobia.

Which of the following is not usually true of body dysmorphic disorder?

Most disorder-specific behaviors would be considered "normal" for a teenager.

A woman you know constantly avoids crowded streets and buildings and is very reluctant to leave home, even with a friend. Recently, she has experienced extreme, sudden fear every time she enters a crowded street or building. Most likely, this woman would be diagnosed with

agoraphobia and panic disorder.

The therapy Eliot is receiving emphasizes dealing with his compulsions but not his obsessions. In addition, he does "homework" in the form of self-help procedures between therapy sessions. MOST likely, Eliot is receiving which kind of therapy?

behavioral

In terms of cognitive theories explaining generalized anxiety disorder, a good deal of research supports:

both metacognitive theory and intolerance of uncertainty theory.

People who have a biological vulnerability for anxiety, which is then triggered by social and psychological factors, may develop anxiety disorders, according to the:

diathesis-stress model.

The MAJOR behavioral approaches to treating specific phobias such as flooding and modeling are more generally called:

exposure treatments.

A person experiencing a panic disorder is MOST likely also to have which of the following:

fear of public places.

Davon watched his father run away from a snake in fear. Now he is afraid of snakes. This apparent acquisition of fear of snakes is an example of:

modeling.

One procedure used to treat phobic disorders involves having the therapist confront the feared object or situation while the fearful client observes. This is called:

modeling.

According to cognitive theorists compulsive acts serve to---obsessive thoughts.

neutralize

In modeling, the client:

observes the therapist confronting the feared object.

24. You notice someone who is sweating, experiencing shot1ness of breath, choking, feeling dizzy, and is afraid of dying. Ifwhat is happening is not a heart attack but an indicator of an anxiety disorder, the person is MOST likely experiencing a:

panic attack.

19. Steve is afraid of eating in public, expecting to be judged negatively and to feel humiliated. As a result, he always malces up excuses when asked out to eat. His diagnosis would MOST likely be:

social anxiety disorder.

Which of the following brain areas have been implicated in obsessive-compulsive symptoms?

the orbitofrontal cortex and the caudate nuclei

While walking through a forest during a rainstorm, 5-year-old Samir was almost s1:tuck by lightning. Today, as an adult, he is ex1:t·emely afraid of trees. What is the conditioned stimulus in the example?,

the trees

When I was a young child and watching TV with my mother, a mouse ran by. My mother screamed, scaring me. Subsequently, I have been afraid of mice. In this example, my mother's scream is the:

unconditioned stimulus.

One limitation of the sociocultural approach to understanding generalized anxiety disorders is that it cannot explain:

why everyone who experiences danger doesn't experience generalized anxiety.