AbPsych Quiz #4

an immediate alarm reaction to danger.

• Anxiety
• Fear
• Panic Attack
• Panic Disorder

an abrupt experience of intense fear or acute discomfort, accompanied by physical symptoms that usually include heart palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, and, possibly, dizziness.

• Anxiety
• Fear
• Panic Attack
• Panic Disorder

a negative mood state characterized by physical tension and apprehension about the future.

• Anxiety
• Fear
• Panic Attack
• Panic Disorder

the panic attack happens in certain situations but not anywhere else

• Expected Panic Attack
• Unexpected Panic Attack

the panic attack happens at random and you don’t have a clue when or where the next attack will occur.

• Expected Panic Attack
• Unexpected Panic Attack

When stimulated in animals, this circuit produces an immediate alarm and-escape response that looks very much like panic in humans

• Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS)
• Fight/Flight System (FFS)

activated by signals from the brain stem of unexpected events, such as major changes in body functioning that might signal danger.

• Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS)
• Fight/Flight System (FFS)

David Barlow. Anxiety disorders result from the interaction of generalized biological vulnerability, generalized psychological vulnerability, and specific psychological vulnerability

• Single Vulnerability Theory
• Double Vulnerability Theory
• Triple Vulnerability Theory

genetic inheritance

• Generalized biologicl vulnerability
• Generalized psychological vulnerability
• Specific psychological vulnerability

beliefs that make the person vulnerable to anxiety in general

• Generalized biologicl vulnerability
• Generalized psychological vulnerability
• Specific psychological vulnerability