PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes -Libido, Eating Disorder, Sodium Thiopental
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Chapter 6 anxiety disorders: anxiety an unpleasant feeling of fear and apprehension accompanies by increased physiological arousal. In learning theory, it is considered a drive that mediates between a threatening situation and avoidance behaviour. Anxiety can be assessed by self-report by measuring physiological arousal and by observing overt behaviour often someone with one anxiety disorder meets the diagnostic criteria for another disorder as well, with the possible exception of ocd. It is the right amygdale that is implicated with ptsd. Summarize three behavioural theories of phobias: avoidance conditioning reactions are learned avoidance responses. Based on a two factor theory where phobias develop from two related sets of learning: Via classical conditions fear a neutral stimulus (cs) if it is paired with intrinsically painful/fearful event (uss) Describe four possible diatheses for phobias (social skills, cognitive, autonomic, and genetic): limitation: why some people who have traumatic experiences do not develop enduring fears diathesis allows for consideration of multiple factors.
