Psychology 2030A/B Midterm: Midterm 2 - Chapters 4,5,6,8

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

Document Summary

Maladjusted minds test 2: chapters 4, 5, 6 & 8. Fear, anxiety & panic: adaptive emotions ( ght- ight response) due to autonomic arousal increased hr, bp. Neurosis: 80s - cause presumed to be due to a disturbance in cns evolutionary basis (genetic variability) Lt prevalence= 25% ~ 6x more likely to get (23-40%) w family history ~ 31% of all mental disorders have anxiety. Speci c phobia: fear / anxiety about something speci c (object/situation) > fear (panic) out of proportion to reality. Persistent; 6+ months - phobic situations avoided/endured w distress clinically signi cant distress/ impairment. Lt prevalence = 7-15% - typically begins in childhood / adolescence ~ 2:1 women:men. Types: animal, natural environment (water), blood-injection-injury (parasympathetic activation - bradycardia & hypotension), situation (airplanes), other; vomiting, clowns treatment = exposure (80-90%) Equi-potentiality premise: all neutral stimuli have = potential for becoming phobia. Non-associative model: evolution caused humans to respond fearfully to certain stimuli.