PSYCH 215 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder
6 Mar 2017
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Study guide exam 2 (focus on cognitive, behavioral and biological explanations and treatments) Intolerance of uncertainty theory: certain individuals can not tolerate the knowledge that negative events may occur even if the possibility of occurrence is small; obsess over finding. In fear reactions neurons begin to fire more rapidly triggering the brain and the body, continuous firing triggers a feedback system, reducing exciteability. Specific phobia: when subjects are exposed to object, they display immediate fear difficult or help unavailable if they were to experience panic or become incapacitated. Behavioral treatments: exposure treatments: individuals are exposed to objects or situations that they dread, systematic desensitization: participants learn to relax while gradually facing the objects or situations they fear. Since relaxation and fear are incompatible, the new relaxation response is supposed to substitute for the fear response: desensitization therapists first offer relaxation training, teaching them to bring muscle relaxation at will,
