ch 5

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specific traumatic events.

Posttraumatic stress and acute stress disorder follow​

anxiety sensitivity.

Fear of the potential dangerousness of internal sensations is a potent risk factor for anxiety disorders and specifically refers to:

obsessive-compulsive disorder

Altered functioning of the orbitofrontal cortex, basal ganglia, caudate nucleus, anterior cingulate, and thalamus are seen in

specific phobia

An excessive, unreasonable fear of a certain object or situation is

agoraphobia.

Anxiety about being in places where a panic attack may occur, especially in places where escape might be difficult, is known as

all of these can produce fear in children.

Children can become fearful through

somatic control exercises.

Exercises that are taught to a client to help him/her manage physical arousal so that it is less strong and threatening are called

social phobia.

Intense and ongoing fear of potentially embarrassing social or performance situations are characteristic of

worry exposure.

Jackson has been working on thinking of many harmless alternate possibilities in each situation where he worries that something will go wrong. His therapist has been guiding him through

anxiety sensitivity.

Jason has a strong tendency to be fearful and overreact to minor physical changes within his body. This problem may be classified as

behavioral avoidance test.

Jason is attempting to see how close he can get to his feared situation. His therapist is using a(n)

derealization.

Malcolm is in the middle of a panic attack. As part of the experience, he feels like this situation cannot quite be real. This particular symptom is known as

cognitive distortions.

Negative thought patterns are referred to as

behavioral inhibition.

People who, by their nature, strongly prefer familiarity and are fearful of new things have

relaxation training.

Sam is being taught to tense and release different muscle groups to defuse tension. He is undergoing

separation anxiety disorder.

Substantial distress, when separation from a major attachment figure occurs or is expected to occur, is characteristic of

specific phobia.

Susan was asked to examine the worst-case scenario for what could happen if she was exposed to something feared, such as a snake. Exploring the realistic probabilities of unlikely scenarios such as being attacked by the snake would be involved in cognitive therapy for

one month

Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder must last at least ____ for a diagnosis to be made.

serotonin.

The neurotransmitter that is most closely related to mood and motor behavior is

troublesome repetitive thoughts; repetitive ritualistic behaviors

When identifying the obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsessions are ___; and the compulsions are ____.


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