PSYC 168 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder
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Fear is the body"s response to a serious threat to one"s well-being. Anxiety is the body"s response to a vague sense of being in danger. Both have the same physiological features and prepare us for action. Both increase respiration, perspiration, muscle tension, and others. Anxiety also plays a major role in different groups of problems. Usually rst appears in childhood or adolescence. At least three: edginess, fatigue, poor concentration, irritability, muscle tension, sleep issues. People with one anxiety disorder usually experience another. Or at another point in their lives. The sociocultural perspective: (look at table on p. 108) Gad most likely to develop in people. Who face discrimination, low income, and reduced job opportunities (race) Although poverty and other social pressures impact gad. Most people living in dangerous environments do not develop gad. Psychodynamic explanations: when childhood anxiety goes unresolved. Theorized excessive childhood neurotic or moral anxiety sets stage for gad.
