PSYC 168 Chapter 4: Ch. 4: Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, an- BOOK
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Fear: the cns" physiological/emotional response to a serious threat to one"s well-being. Anxiety: the cns" physiological/emotional response to a vague sense of threat or danger. Most common mental disorders in the u. s. A disorder marked by persistent and excessive feelings of anxiety and worry about numerous events and activities. Restlessness, muscle tension, sleep problems, dif culty concentrating. 6% of population may experience it in their lifetime. Onset any age, but usually rst appears in adolescence or childhood. The sociocultural perspective: societal and multicultural factors. People living in constantly dangerous situations are more likely to develop the disorder given year. Lower incomes almost twice as more likely to have disorder. African americans 30% more likely than whites to experience the disorder in any. Latinos experience nervios which is very similar to generalized anxiety. Freud believed every child experienced anxiety to a certain degree. Neurotic anxiety --> repeatedly prevented from expressing id impulses. Moral anxiety --> punished/threatened for expressing their id impulses.
