PSYCH 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Psy, Social Rejection, Abnormal Psychology
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Helps us to plan and prepare but in high doses can be interfere with performance. We will be focusing on social anxiety disorders and panic disorders. Anxiety disorders as a group are the most common type of psychological disorder. In a study of about 8k, approximately 28% of people endorsed have experienced symptoms at some point during their lives that met criteria for diagnosis of an anxiety disorder. Ninth leading cause of disability in the us. Previously called social phobia, the primary feature is the persistent, unrealistically intense fear of social situations that might involve being scrutinized by, or even just exposed to unfamiliar people. Deeply concerned that they will do or say embarrassing things and that others will judge them harshly as a result. Social anxiety disorder can range in severity from a few specific fears to a generalized host of fears.