PSYB32H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tachycardia, Brainstem, Locus Coeruleus
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Anxiety: an unpleasant feeling of fear and apprehension accompanied by increased physiological arousal. Learning theory: mediates threatening situation and avoidance behavior. Insula: most common psychological disorder, more common in women (16%) compared to men (9%) Phobia: an anxiety disorder in which there is intense fear and avoidance of specific objects and situations, recognized as irrational by the individual, therapy, psychoanalysts a. i. See the phobic object as a symbol of an important unconscious fear: behaviorists b. i. Focus on function of phobia and how to treat it. Specific phobia: unwarranted fear and avoidance of a specific object or circumstance, e. g. fear of non-poisonous snakes. Social anxiety disorder: can be generalized or specific depending on the range of situations that are feared and avoided, general a. i. More likely to report social and observation fears: specific b. i. Involve intense fear of one particular situation: three factors, social fears, observation fears, public speaking fears, behavioral a.
