PSYC 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Anxiety Disorder, Brainstem, Reinforcement

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 241
• Professor: Shannon Zaitsoff

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P s yc 241 we e k 4 (lec ture) Anx ie ty dis o r de r s. Important to note that having anxiety isn"t a bad thing, too much is bad and too little is bad. E tio lo g y : anx ie ty dis o r de r s. B iolog ic al fac tors: genetic influence, if you have a family member with an anxiety disorder you are 4-6 times more likely to develop an anxiety disorder in comparison to individuals without a family history. It could be any anxiety disorder despite whichever one your family member has: non-specific risk factor, neuroanatomy: neural fear circuit, 1. P s yc holog ic al fac tors: behavioral factors: two-factor theory (mowrer, 1. Fears are acquired through classical conditioning: pairing little albert conditioning, first the fears are learned through cc, then maintained by operant, 2.