Causes of Anxiety
Rapid breathing, muscle tension, sweating
What are the symptoms of both fear & anxiety?
What are the causes of anxiety per the CBT Model?
Typical way those with a phobia deal with it.
What is avoidance of the situation, activity, or object?
The client witnesses the therapist in the fearful situation.
What is modeling?
John is suffering from anxiety, he is self treating himself by learning the triggers, exercising daily, positive attitudes, and being well rested. What type of psychology is this: abnormal, clinical.... or both?
What is clinical/abnormal?
18% & 37%.
What are 1) the percent of the population affected with an anxiety condition & 2) the percent of those who seek treatment?
Hyperactivity of the "fear circuit," including the amygdala.
What is the Biological Model's view of the cause of anxiety?
Fears that can keep a person a "prisoner in their own home."
What is Agoraphobia?
"If I'm doing this, it can help me avoid thinking of something I don't want to think of."
What is a possible reason for people to utilize compulsive behavior?
Carly deals with everyday bipolar disorder, she takes medication and attends psychotherapy. Which type of psychology is this: abnormal or clinical... or both?
What is clinical?
One of the main causes of anxiety per the Sociocultural Model.
What is poverty?
A descriptive feature of Generalized Anxiety Disorder, in addition to chronic, persistent worry.
What is "free-floating anxiety."
A recurrent attack of terror.
What is a panic attack?
Repetitive, rigid behaviors, or mental acts a person feels they must perform to avoid the anxiety of something terrible happening.
What are compulsions?
Jaycee is suffering from major depression from being bullied everyday, she takes medication to help with it. What type of psychology is this: abnormal, clinical... or both?
What is clinical?
The breakdown of defense mechanisms.
What is Freud's view of the cause of anxiety?
A persistent and irrational fear of an object, activity, or situation.
What is a Specific Phobia?
A patient/client provides a stepwise list of situations that cause anxiety; the therapist uses relaxation and vivid imagery to gradually reduce each of the steps.
What is Systematic Desensitization?
"Frenzied hair-pulling."
What is trichotilomania?
Larry suffers from cognitive disorder, it plays a role in how he interacts in the classroom. He is going to biological/biomedical therapy. Which type of psychology is this: abnormal, clinical... or both?
What is abnormal?
The absence of Unconditional Positive Regard (UPR), leading to self-doubt and self-recrimination.
What is the Rogerian view of the cause of anxiety?
Typical explanation for the origin of phobias.
What is classical conditioning?
A therapy that involves the intentional exposure of the person to the feared situations/conditions.
What is flooding?
Continual skin-picking, causing sores, often on the face.
What is excoriation?
Shady is asked to read out loud, but has a stutter that is a developmental disorder. He attends psychotherapy to help. Which type of psychology is this: abnormal, clinical... or both?
What is abnormal?