PSYC 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fear Conditioning, Classical Conditioning, Etiology
8 Mar 2016
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Chapter 6 anxiety disorders fear triggers flight or fight . Anxiety: triggered by the possibility; something in the future. Fear: physiological fear of something right there in front of you, not as irrational. ex seeing a bear in the forest warrants fear. Types of anxiety disorders in the dsm-5: What is a phobia?- disruptive fear of an object/thing that is out of proportion most common psychiatric disorders. 28% report anxiety symptoms phobias are most common. Criteria: 1) fear is out of proportion to actual threat: realization that fear is excessive > avoidance, symptoms must interfere with job or social life. Social phobia: disabling fear of social situation(s) due to fear of scrutiny and negative evaluation by others. Course of the disorder is chronic without treatment. Depends on range of situations avoided; example: someone only afraid of public speaking (teacher in front of class) > specific, afraid of public speaking and using the public restroom etc > generalized.
