PSY240H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Observational Learning, Agoraphobia, Buspirone
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Generalized anxiety disorder: characterized by excessive anxiety and worry that has been present for more than 3 months. Social anxiety disorder: characterized by marked fear or anxiety about one or more social situations in which the individual exposed to possible scrutiny by others. Panic attack: comes quickly and carries with it an intense feeling of apprehension, anxiety, or fear: happens without an actual situation that would suggest danger. Separation anxiety disorder: a situation where children as they develop do not show a normal sense of independence and continue to feel distress when not with their caregivers. Obsessive-compulsive disorder: characterized by repetitive thoughts and feelings usually followed by behaviors in response to them: considered separate form anxiety disorders in dsm-5. Cognitive bias: having more sensitivity than others to the possibility of potential threat. Stroop test: a psychological test used to study cognitive bias: the traditional stroop test has color names in ink of a different color.
