PSY 424 Final Exam (Anxiety and OCD) Questions and Answers 100% Solved

PSY 424 Final Exam (Anxiety and OCD)

Questions and Answers 100% Solved


How anxiety is expressed through the physical system - ✔✔-sympathetic

nervous system produces flight/flight response

-increased heart rate/palpitations, increased respiration, nausea/vomiting,

dry mouth, blurred vision, sweating, numbness, muscle tension

How anxiety is expressed through the cognitive system - ✔✔-attentional

shift and hyper vigilance

-apprehension, nervousness, difficulty concentrating, thoughts of

danger/panic, self-critical thoughts

How anxiety is expressed through the behavioral system - ✔✔-aggression

or avoidance

-physical avoidance/immobility, avoidance of eye contact, crying or

screaming, trembling voice or lips, swallowing, fidgeting, stuttering, nail

biting.

Fear - ✔✔present-oriented mood state, face of current danger, strong

escape

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, Anxiety - ✔✔future-oriented mood state, may occur in absence of realistic

danger

Panic - ✔✔physical symptoms of fight/flight response, unexpected,

absence of obvious danger

Separation anxiety disorder - ✔✔-7-8 years old

-girls

-fear of being away from attachment figures

-two most common

-earliest age of onset

-distress at anticipating or experiencing separation

-worry about losing attachment figure

-worry about event leading to separation

-reluctance to go out in fear of separation

-fear of being alone

-reluctance to sleep away from attachment figure

-nightmares about separation

-physical complaints around separation

specific phobia - ✔✔-7-9 years, peak 10-13 years, no gender differences,

most prevalent


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