PSY315H5 Lecture 4: Lecture 4 - Anxiety Disorders.docx
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What is anxiety: anxiety is an unpleasant emotional state ranging from mild unease to intense fear, a certain amount of anxiety, however, is normal and serves to improve performance, anxiety rouses you to action. It gears you up to face a threatening situation. It makes you study harder for that exam, and keeps you on your toes when you"re making a speech. 1. symptoms such as palpitations (racing heart) and sweating, and pupil dilation. Firstly there"s a psychophysiological (physical) component which examines: this isn"t reliable as we have the same response to beer and cake as we do to having a test. Secondly, there"s a psychological component characterized by heritability, lack. 2. of concentration and feelings of fear: only way to measure psychological component is to ask a person self-report. 3. to the people for reassurance (behavioural - observational) If you are consistently, constantly having an increased heart rate, that"s a bad.
