ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM #2 LATEST
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Anxiety Disorders - ✔✔Disorders in which fear or anxiety is overriding and
the primary disturbance; include phobic disorders, social anxiety disorder,
panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and agoraphobia.
Anxiety - ✔✔An unpleasant feeling of fear and apprehension accompanied
by increased physiological arousal. Can be assessed by self report, by
measuring physiological arousal, and by observing overt behavior.
Fear - ✔✔A reaction to real or perceived immediate danger in the present;
can involve arousal, or sympathetic nervous system activity.
Specific Phobia - ✔✔An unwarranted fear and avoidance of a specific
object or circumstance, for example, fear of nonpoisonous snakes or fear of
heights.
Social Anxiety Disorder - ✔✔A collection of fears linked to the presence of
other people.
, Panic Disorder - ✔✔An anxiety disorder in which the individual has
sudden, inexplicable, and frequent panic attacks and then fears the
possibility of another panic attack.
Panic Attack - ✔✔A sudden attack of intense apprehension, terror, and
impending doom, accompanied by symptoms such as labored breathing,
nausea, chest pain, feelings of choking and smothering, heart palpitations,
dizziness, sweating, and trembling.
Depersonalization - ✔✔An alteration in perception of the self in which the
individual loses a sense of reality and feels estranged from the self and
perhaps separated from the body; may be a temporary reaction to stress
and fatigue or part of panic disorder, depersonalization disorder, or
schizophrenia.
Derealization - ✔✔Loss of the sense that the surroundings are real;
present in several psychological disorders, such as panic disorder,
depersonalization disorder, and schizophrenia.
Agoraphobia - ✔✔Anxiety disorder in which the person fears situations in
which it would be embarrassing or difficult to escape if panic symptoms
occurred; most commonly diagnosed in some individuals with panic
disorder.
UPGRADE WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS {GRADED
A+}
Anxiety Disorders - ✔✔Disorders in which fear or anxiety is overriding and
the primary disturbance; include phobic disorders, social anxiety disorder,
panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and agoraphobia.
Anxiety - ✔✔An unpleasant feeling of fear and apprehension accompanied
by increased physiological arousal. Can be assessed by self report, by
measuring physiological arousal, and by observing overt behavior.
Fear - ✔✔A reaction to real or perceived immediate danger in the present;
can involve arousal, or sympathetic nervous system activity.
Specific Phobia - ✔✔An unwarranted fear and avoidance of a specific
object or circumstance, for example, fear of nonpoisonous snakes or fear of
heights.
Social Anxiety Disorder - ✔✔A collection of fears linked to the presence of
other people.
, Panic Disorder - ✔✔An anxiety disorder in which the individual has
sudden, inexplicable, and frequent panic attacks and then fears the
possibility of another panic attack.
Panic Attack - ✔✔A sudden attack of intense apprehension, terror, and
impending doom, accompanied by symptoms such as labored breathing,
nausea, chest pain, feelings of choking and smothering, heart palpitations,
dizziness, sweating, and trembling.
Depersonalization - ✔✔An alteration in perception of the self in which the
individual loses a sense of reality and feels estranged from the self and
perhaps separated from the body; may be a temporary reaction to stress
and fatigue or part of panic disorder, depersonalization disorder, or
schizophrenia.
Derealization - ✔✔Loss of the sense that the surroundings are real;
present in several psychological disorders, such as panic disorder,
depersonalization disorder, and schizophrenia.
Agoraphobia - ✔✔Anxiety disorder in which the person fears situations in
which it would be embarrassing or difficult to escape if panic symptoms
occurred; most commonly diagnosed in some individuals with panic
disorder.
