PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Test Anxiety, Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing, Little Albert Experiment
10 Nov 2016
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Fewer than 20% of university students with anxiety disorders seek treatments. Intense fears are not the same thing as phobias. Fears can be broken down into 2 factors specific fears and social fears. Fear of heights is not the most common phobia. Social phobia is not usually diagnosed in childhood. Social phobia is linked with dropping out of school. Learning theories offer a good explanation for how phobias develop. Anxiety is not mainly defined based on physiological arousal. Anxiety disorders are the most common psychological disorders. Cognitive theories support the development of social phobias. Worrying about everything and anything persistent non specific and intrusive worry is the. Symptoms of a panic attack are very similar to that of a heart attack. Panic disorder can be caused by a medical condition foundation for a dx of gad. Generalized anxiety disorder is not likely caused by a serotonin imbalance.
