Psychology 2042A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Separation Anxiety Disorder
11 Mar 2014
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Very common, though tends to go unnoticed. Long-lasting and costly problem anxiety - mood state characterized by strong negative emotion and bodily symptoms of tension which the child anticipates future danger or misfortune. Small doses good; prepares people psychologically for danger, important events anxiety disorder - excessive anxiety: neurotic paradox - when a child knows that the situation is not dangerous but still feel the need to escape. Self-perpetuating and self-defeating fight/flight response - immediate reaction to perceived danger or threat. Symptoms expressed through three interconnected response systems: physical system - sympathetic nervous system response. Apprehension, nervousness, difficulty concentrating, panic: behavioural system - avoidance and/or aggression. Avoidance is negatively reinforced, will want to always avoid. Anxiety versus fear and panic fear - present-oriented emotional reaction to current danger, rather than anticipated danger (which is anxiety: panic - physical symptoms of fight/flight absence of any threat (exp. sudden fast heart beat). Normal fears, anxieties, worries, and rituals (table pg.
