PSYC100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Word Salad, Solitude, Weight Gain
21 Mar 2017
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Phobia intense/irrational fear of object/situation that is not likely to be dangerous. Understand fears are silly but not enough to make anxiety go away. Specific phobias: most prevalent of anxiety disorders: fear of height, fear of blood, fear of animals, fear of travelling. Social phobias: anxiety about being criticized by others. Impairs normal functioning: fear of embarrassing/humiliating oneself, fear of public speaking, fear of eating in front of people. Agoraphobia fear of being alone/away from security of home can"t be anywhere where escape doesn"t seem easy: makes leaving home frightening. Generalized anxiety disorder: long-lasting anxiety that is not focused on any particular object/situation. Most likely occurs in early adulthood: 20s - 40s. Inherited overactive autonomous nervous system: abnormal neurotransmitter activity. Psychological/environmental: cognitive processing: ptsd, learning, family environment learns about social situations, exaggerating problems, abuse. Make frequent doctor visits report numerous symptoms/request unnecessary treatments. Become experts on most feared diseases internet research. Dissociative amnesia disruptions in person"s memory/cognition/identity.
