Anxiety Disorders

What are some things that cause us nervousness and/or worry (in general)?

• Financial issues

• Health concerns

• Job interviews

• All of the above

What are some things that cause you anxiety, nervousness, and/or worry?

How might you cope with these feelings?

It is based on an idea we learned before. What is it?

We pair something (US) that creates fear with something that shouldn’t be feared (CS).

• Classical Conditioning

• Operant Conditioning

• Observational Learning

• Desensitization

Remember Little Albert?

Complete the following sentence based on the Psychoanalytic model: Disorders are the result of unconscious conflicts, specifically a conflict between the __________. (think Freud)

• id and ego

• ego and superego

• id and superego

• conscious and unconscious mind

Complete the following sentence based on the Cognitive-Behavioral model: Anxiety disorders are due to dysfunctional ways of __________.

• thinking

• sleeping

• eating

• exercising

Complete the following sentence based on the Cognitive-Behavioral model: Anxiety disorders are __________.

• primarily caused by genetic factors

• the result of past experiences and learned behaviors

• not influenced by cognitive processes

• completely untreatable

According to the Diathesis-Stress model, a psychological disorder is a combination of a biological predisposition to a disorder and a stress trigger. Provide an example of such a disorder.