PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Operant Conditioning, Multiple Working, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
5 Dec 2017
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Anxiety disorders: anxiety (a diffuse form of fear, with anticipation of future problems) is often adaptive, but: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd): characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts, which become obsessions. Anxiety disorders are characterized not only by distressing, persistent anxiety but also often (cid:271)(cid:455) the d(cid:455)sfun(cid:272)tional (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iors that redu(cid:272)e that an(cid:454)iet(cid:455) . Generalized anxiety disorder: continually tense and apprehensive, experiencing unfocused, negative, and out of control feelings. Etiology of anxiety disorders (factors or triple vulnerabilities): biology: genetic predisposition neurotransmitters (gaba circuits, psychology: classical and operant conditioning; cognition (appraisals, attributions. Neurotic personality: social environment: stressors, lack of social support, uncontrollability. There is not just one factor but usually multiple working together. Specific phobia: persistent, irrational fears of specific objects, activities or situations.
