PSYC 306 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ferris Wheel, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Somatization Disorder
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Anxiety based disorders: estimated 20 million people, neurotic nucleus, neurotic paradox anxiety conceptualized, state-trait. State: applying for graduate school, tests, important date, comes on when conditions arise& dissipate when conditions vanish. Trait: entrenched, doesnt change much w circumstance, trait-anxious, cognititive-somatic. Cognitive- thought process anxiety, fear of unknown. Somatic- has to do w body (jitters, passing, etc. : free- oating . Stable anxiety but attaches itself to almost any stimuli. They nd something to be anxious about! Symptoms of anxiety: fearful, inef cient, disturbed interpersonal relations, unhappy. Neurotic ferris wheel: stuck in neurotic ferris wheel. 1. starts w neurotic nucleus: begins w feeling of inadequacy& inferiority. Misinterpret everyday stress- catastrophize stress: deal w stress by avoiding it. Sometimes you ant just avoid stresses lack of insight into self-defeating behavior. 4: disturbed interpersonal relationships, guilt& dissatisfaction w life/preceding begins w faculty parental relationships. Reinforcement in short term due to stress relief. Maladaptive in long term due to reinforcement of faulty coping responses.
