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Anxiety Disorders

Quiz by Carissa Sparrow

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  • Q1
    Which of the following psychological disorders is anxiety most closely related to?
    Depression
    Schizophrenia
    Psychosis
    Dementia
    120s
  • Q2
    In an interview, performer Alanis Morissette said she was once returning home from Los Angeles to Canada for the holidays, when she suddenly began crying and shaking uncontrollably, and she felt as if she was going to faint. What was she most likely experiencing?
    a specific panic attack
    an unexpected panic attack
    a situationally predisposed panic attack
    a situationally bound panic attack
    120s
  • Q3
    When a person feels intense fear, which of the following will activate to cause a surge of energy?
    the somatic nervous system
    the parasympathetic nervous system
    the peripheral nervous system
    the autonomic nervous system
    120s
  • Q4
    What area of the brain is most often associated with anxiety?
    the limbic system
    the reticular activating system
    the left frontal lobe
    the temporal lobe
    120s
  • Q5
    What does research by Johnson and colleagues (2000) on cigarette smoking by teenagers and anxiety disorders suggest?
    the possibility that sensitivity of brain circuits can be affected by environmental factors
    the possibility that respiratory disorders cause changes in neurotransmitter systems
    the possibility that brain circuits are permanently “wired”
    the possibility that neurotransmitter systems operate independently of nonbiological influences
    120s
  • Q6
    According to your textbook, how is fear experienced?
    as an immediate emotional reaction to danger
    as a future-oriented mood state
    as culturally specific phenomenon
    as a neurotic response
    120s
  • Q7
    Why are the rates of comorbidity (co-occurrence) among various anxiety disorders and depression high?
    because they share some of the same biological and psychological vulnerabilities for developing them
    because the diagnostic criteria for these disorders are too ambiguous
    because they may not be distinct disorders at all
    because the same psychological interventions should be used on all of them
    120s

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