NRS 315 - Exam #2 ACTUAL UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
normal anxiety - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅described as being of realistic intensity and
duration for the situation and is followed by relief behaviors intended to reduce or prevent
more anxiety and consists of three parts: physiologic arousal, cognitive process, and coping
strategies.
anxiety - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅an uncomfortable feeling of apprehension or dread that
occurs in response to internal or external stimuli; can result in physical, emotional, cognitive,
and behavioral symptoms
physiologic arousal - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅fight or flight response, the signal that an
individual is facing a threat
cognitive process - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅decipher the situation and decide whether the
perceived threat should be approached or avoided
coping strategies - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅used to resolve the threat
separation anxiety disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅fearful, anxious about separation
from attachment figures that is developmentally inappropriate
panic attack - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅major finding in panic disorders. is sudden,
discrete period of intense fear or discomfort that reaches its peak within a few minutes and is
accompanied by significant physical discomfort and cognitive distress
cardiac emergency - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the physical symptoms of a panic attack are
similar to what?
depersonalization - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅feelings of detachment from one's mental
processes or body
, interoceptive conditioning - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅an association between physical
discomfort, such as dizziness or palpitations, and an impending panic attack
panic control treatment - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅involves intentional exposure (through
exercise) to panic-invoking sensations such as dizziness, hyperventilation, tightness of the
chest, and sweating
systematic desensitization - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅an exposure method used to
desensitize patients, exposes the patient to a hierarchy of feared situations that the patient has
rated from least to most feared
implosive therapy - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A provocative technique useful in treating
agoraphobia in which the therapist identifies individual phobic stimuli for the patient and
then presents highly anxiety-provoking imagery in a dramatic, vivid fashion.
flooding - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a technique used to desensitize the patient to the fear
associated with a particular anxiety-provoking stimulus
exposure therapy - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅treatment of choice for phobias. the patient is
repeatedly exposed to real or stimulated anxiety-provoking situations until they become
desensitized and anxiety subsides
cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a popular integrative
therapy that combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior
therapy (changing behavior) and used in conjunction with medications
hyperventilation - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅common and often, people are unaware of it.
Teaching deep breathing and other breathing control exercises will help.
mild - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅degree of anxiety where the patient is alert, sees, hears,
and grasps more than before. usually able to recognize and identify anxiety easily
moderate - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅degree of anxiety where the patient, sees, hears, and
grasps less than previously. can attend to more if directed to do so. able to sustain attention
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
normal anxiety - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅described as being of realistic intensity and
duration for the situation and is followed by relief behaviors intended to reduce or prevent
more anxiety and consists of three parts: physiologic arousal, cognitive process, and coping
strategies.
anxiety - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅an uncomfortable feeling of apprehension or dread that
occurs in response to internal or external stimuli; can result in physical, emotional, cognitive,
and behavioral symptoms
physiologic arousal - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅fight or flight response, the signal that an
individual is facing a threat
cognitive process - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅decipher the situation and decide whether the
perceived threat should be approached or avoided
coping strategies - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅used to resolve the threat
separation anxiety disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅fearful, anxious about separation
from attachment figures that is developmentally inappropriate
panic attack - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅major finding in panic disorders. is sudden,
discrete period of intense fear or discomfort that reaches its peak within a few minutes and is
accompanied by significant physical discomfort and cognitive distress
cardiac emergency - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the physical symptoms of a panic attack are
similar to what?
depersonalization - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅feelings of detachment from one's mental
processes or body
, interoceptive conditioning - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅an association between physical
discomfort, such as dizziness or palpitations, and an impending panic attack
panic control treatment - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅involves intentional exposure (through
exercise) to panic-invoking sensations such as dizziness, hyperventilation, tightness of the
chest, and sweating
systematic desensitization - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅an exposure method used to
desensitize patients, exposes the patient to a hierarchy of feared situations that the patient has
rated from least to most feared
implosive therapy - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A provocative technique useful in treating
agoraphobia in which the therapist identifies individual phobic stimuli for the patient and
then presents highly anxiety-provoking imagery in a dramatic, vivid fashion.
flooding - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a technique used to desensitize the patient to the fear
associated with a particular anxiety-provoking stimulus
exposure therapy - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅treatment of choice for phobias. the patient is
repeatedly exposed to real or stimulated anxiety-provoking situations until they become
desensitized and anxiety subsides
cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a popular integrative
therapy that combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior
therapy (changing behavior) and used in conjunction with medications
hyperventilation - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅common and often, people are unaware of it.
Teaching deep breathing and other breathing control exercises will help.
mild - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅degree of anxiety where the patient is alert, sees, hears,
and grasps more than before. usually able to recognize and identify anxiety easily
moderate - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅degree of anxiety where the patient, sees, hears, and
grasps less than previously. can attend to more if directed to do so. able to sustain attention
