Anxiety Disorders Abnormal Psychology

DFNs Anxiety- apprehension about future unpredictable dangers, w/ somatic sxs Worry- cognitive rehearsal, apprehensive expectation _______- response to immediate threat, w/ somatic sxs

Anxiety expressed 3 ways: ___________________ Physiological - increased arousal Behavioral - avoidance

Specific Phobia: Major Criteria Excessive fear of object or situation Exposure causes anxiety Fear recognized as excessive Object is avoided or endured w/ distress Impairment or subjective distress

ACQUISITION / ETIOLOGY Behavioral Theory: Conditioning Two-factor theory Classical -- Based on ______________ Negative event/trauma- feared stimulus becomes paired with a fear response Operant – Based on _______________ Negative reinforcement

Two-factor theory - Problems Some people without direct personal experiences have anxiety disorders –Vicarious experience –____________________ Some people with traumatic experiences _____________ anxiety disorders –Temperament –_________________

Seems to be a pattern to the feared stimuli –Biological “preparedness” –Acquisition “rules”

MAINTENANCE Behavior: Avoidance Cognitions: _________________ –Attending to negative stimuli –Believing that negative events will occur again

Maintenance Mechanisms Beliefs not disconfirmed _____________________

Examples of Complexity Reinstatement ___________ Overgeneralization Inhibitors

Anxiety Disorders Specific Phobias Social Phobia Generalized Anxiety Disorder _______________ Agoraphobia Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Acute Stress Disorder