Psychology 2030A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4-8: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Sympathetic Nervous System, Parasympathetic Nervous System
3 Feb 2019
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What is anxiety: anxiety: a common emotion characterized by physical symptoms, future-oriented thoughts, and escape or avoidance behaviours, prolonged anxiety can lead to an anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, trauma or stressor-related disorders. Sympathetic nervous system: activated by stress or fear heart beats faster, more blood to muscles, respiration rate increases, more oxygen to your blood and brain. Parasympathetic nervous system: returns your body to its normal resting state by decreasing your heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration: anxiety is often present when there is no real danger. Real people real disorders: a story of social anxiety disorder: ricky williams, football celebrity suffers from social anxiety disorder. What are the trauma- and stressor-related disorders: included in this category are acute stress disorder, adjustment disorder, ptsd, reactive attachment disorder, and disinhibited social engagement disorder. The etiology of anxiety, ocd, and trauma- and stressor-related. Psychological perspective: psychological theories of the etiology of anxiety are among the best known and the most researched.
