Psychology 2320A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Attack
22 Apr 2015
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Most children have specific fears, like being afraid of the dark: often adaptive. Some anxiety may push us to work harder, like studying more for an exam. Someone may have a dog phobia, yah well sometimes dogs bite people but you would adapt normal weariness to a strange dog as a phobia. A rare: social anxiety disorder a, specific phobia c, not going to talk about. He follows her around the house constantly, always needing to know where she is this can lead to children becoming increasingly withdrawn, apathetic and depressed. Gad: example: jarred worries about everything how he is doing in school, events in the news, and family finances. Blood, needle and injection phobias are prone to fainting and they are quite heritable. Environmental storm phobia, or large bodies of water. She doesn"t interact with anyone at school, and feels completely isolated.
