Psychology 1000 Quiz: Psychological Disorders
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Psychological Disorders
Anxiety Disorders:
• In anxiety disorders, the frequency and intensity of anxiety responses are out of
proportion to the situations that triggers them, and anxiety interferes with daily life.
• Anxiety responses have 4 components:
o 1. a subjective-emotional - feelings of tension and apprehension
o 2. a cognitive component - feelings of apprehension, a sense of impending
danger, and a feeling of inability to cope
o 3. physiological responses - increased heart rate and blood pressure, muscle
tension, rapid breathing, nausea, dry mouth, diarrhea, and frequent urination
o 4. Behavioural responses - avoidance of certain situations and impaired task
performance
• Anxiety disorders take a range of forms such as: phobic, anxiety, panic, post-traumatic,
and obsessive compulsive disorders
• Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent of psychological disorders in NA
• All of the psychological disorders tend to occur more frequently to women than men
Phobic Disorder:
• Strong and irrational fears of certain objects or situations
• People with phobias realize that their fears are out of all proportion to the danger
involved, but they feel hopeless to deal with these fears.
• They make extreme efforts to avoid the phobic situation or object
• The most common phobic disorders are agoraphobia – fear of open and public places,
social phobias – fear of situations in which the person may be evaluated and possibly
embarrassed, and specific phobias – such as fear of dogs, snakes, spiders, airplanes…
etc.
• Phobias can develop at any point in life, but many develop during childhood,
adolescence, and early adulthood.
• Once they develop, they rarely go away on their own, and they may intensify
• The degree of impairment produced by a phobia depends in part on how often the
phobic stimulus is encountered
Generalized Anxiety Disorders:
• A chronic state of diffuse, or free-floating anxiety that is not attached to specific
situations or objects
• This kind of anxiety may last for months, with the signs almost continuously present
(jittery, tense, and constantly on the edge)
• This disorder can interfere with daily functioning
• The person may find it hard to concentrate, make decisions, and to remember
commitments
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