The bain behind the fears
The neurotransmitter that regulates anxiety, arousal and sleep
What is GABA?
The type of conditioning that can trigger a specific phobia
What is Classical Conditioning?
The tendency to make errors in judgment and decision-making
What is cognitive bias?
Examples of a GABA Agnoist
What are Benzodiazepines?
Social factors involving ridicule or negative judgment about a group/person
What is Stigma?
The biological process that strengthens neural connections through repeated activation
What is LTP?
The term for a factor that triggers the onset of a disorder
What is Precipitation?
The sudden onset of intense fear or physical distress is a common symptom when an individual with a specific phobia encounters their phobic stimulus.
What is a panic attack?
The psychological treatment that targets thoughts and behaviours
What is CBT?
Joe sees a car crash outside of his house and now has a fear response anytime he sees a car near residential areas
What is an example of specific environmental trigger?
The term for a substance that stimulates the action of another substance
What is Agonist?
The term for a factor that prolongs recovery of a disorder
What is Perpetuation?
BONUS QUESTION:
The narrowest west-to-east distance of Chile (to the nearest 5 km)
What is 15km?
The treatment that replaces an anxiety response with relaxation?
What is Systematic desensitisation
The education provided to families about a disorder and its treatment?
What is Psychoeducation?
The effect of low GABA levels on neural activity
What is Increased excitation?
In classical conditioning, this term describes the snake whose attempt to bite Jason's leg caused an automatic, unlearned jerk away
What is Unconditioned stimulus?
Julia exhibits this type of cognitive bias when she hears about a single jellyfish spotting and cancels her beach trip, entirely convinced that stepping into the water will lead to a fatal sting.
What is catastrophic thinking?
A list of feared situations and ranks them from the least anxiety-provoking to the most anxiety-provoking
What is a Fear Hierarchy?
People often avoid getting professional help for their phobias because this social barrier makes them worry about being judged, misunderstood, or viewed as weak by others
What is stigma around seeking treatment?
The biological factor involving unusually low levels of an inhibitory neurotransmitter
What is GABA dysfunction
The process where fear spreads from the original stimulus to similar stimuli
What is Stimulus generalisation?
Driven by rumination and proactive avoidance behaviors, this psychological state keeps an individual in a prolonged, hypervigilant state of dread
What is Anticipatory Anxiety?
Typically a temporary solution often leading to dependance rather than an ultimate cure
What is a disadvantage of Benzodiazepines?
Every time a person runs away from their fear, the immediate relief they feel means their escape behavior has been this
What is negatively reinforced?