KU Psych 350 Exam 2 questions n
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What is the heritability of fear? - correct answer ✔✔(0.3)
psychodynamic theory - correct answer ✔✔Any theory of behavior that emphasizes internal
conflicts, motives, and unconscious forces
(phobic stimulus=symbolic)
Fear Behavioral model - correct answer ✔✔emphasizes "Classical Conditioning" (being attacked
by a dog)
Fear Cognitive Model - correct answer ✔✔Observational learning (watch parents fear)
Flooding - correct answer ✔✔technique for treating phobias and other stress disorders in which
the person is rapidly and intensely exposed to the fear-provoking situation or object and
prevented from making the usual avoidance or escape response
Graded Exposure - correct answer ✔✔gradual exposure of a subject to a feared situation
Emetophobia - correct answer ✔✔fear of vomiting
What percent of therapists have training on exposure for anxiety disorders? - correct answer
✔✔12%
D-cycloserine - correct answer ✔✔A medication that promotes the formation of new memories.
(A faster therapy)
, Do fear networks in the brain get erased with exposure? - correct answer ✔✔No, they can
reoccur
What are the symptoms of GAD? - correct answer ✔✔High anxiety and excessive worry for <6
months. Restlessness, fatigue, insomnia, irritability, concentration difficulties, muscle tension.
What is very common for patients with GAD? - correct answer ✔✔90% have another DSM
diagnosis 50% have depression
uncertainty intolerance - correct answer ✔✔worrying makes them feel better
anterior cingulate cortex - correct answer ✔✔error detection circuits, ACC is triggered if
something is wrong
Sex ratio of GAD - correct answer ✔✔2:1 (females:males)
Anti-anxiety hormones - correct answer ✔✔testosterone and allopregnanolone (progesterone)
Anxiety hormones - correct answer ✔✔estrogen and progesterone
SSRI Facts - correct answer ✔✔don't increase levels of serotonin (affect how serotonin is
produced and used)
Examples of SSRI's - correct answer ✔✔Prozac (fluoxetine)
Zoloft (sertraline)
Paxil (Paroxetine)
Celexa (citalopram)
answers already passed
What is the heritability of fear? - correct answer ✔✔(0.3)
psychodynamic theory - correct answer ✔✔Any theory of behavior that emphasizes internal
conflicts, motives, and unconscious forces
(phobic stimulus=symbolic)
Fear Behavioral model - correct answer ✔✔emphasizes "Classical Conditioning" (being attacked
by a dog)
Fear Cognitive Model - correct answer ✔✔Observational learning (watch parents fear)
Flooding - correct answer ✔✔technique for treating phobias and other stress disorders in which
the person is rapidly and intensely exposed to the fear-provoking situation or object and
prevented from making the usual avoidance or escape response
Graded Exposure - correct answer ✔✔gradual exposure of a subject to a feared situation
Emetophobia - correct answer ✔✔fear of vomiting
What percent of therapists have training on exposure for anxiety disorders? - correct answer
✔✔12%
D-cycloserine - correct answer ✔✔A medication that promotes the formation of new memories.
(A faster therapy)
, Do fear networks in the brain get erased with exposure? - correct answer ✔✔No, they can
reoccur
What are the symptoms of GAD? - correct answer ✔✔High anxiety and excessive worry for <6
months. Restlessness, fatigue, insomnia, irritability, concentration difficulties, muscle tension.
What is very common for patients with GAD? - correct answer ✔✔90% have another DSM
diagnosis 50% have depression
uncertainty intolerance - correct answer ✔✔worrying makes them feel better
anterior cingulate cortex - correct answer ✔✔error detection circuits, ACC is triggered if
something is wrong
Sex ratio of GAD - correct answer ✔✔2:1 (females:males)
Anti-anxiety hormones - correct answer ✔✔testosterone and allopregnanolone (progesterone)
Anxiety hormones - correct answer ✔✔estrogen and progesterone
SSRI Facts - correct answer ✔✔don't increase levels of serotonin (affect how serotonin is
produced and used)
Examples of SSRI's - correct answer ✔✔Prozac (fluoxetine)
Zoloft (sertraline)
Paxil (Paroxetine)
Celexa (citalopram)
