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1. People who worry tend to think about
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2. The emotional state of anxiety includes
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3. Worry, anxiety, and fear are different constructs. Which of the following is FALSE regarding worry, anxiety, and fear?
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4. The intense emotional state that occurs when a threat is imminent or actually occurring is most accurately termed
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5. As an individual gets closer to object or event that is feared, his or her internal arousal level will
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6. When a client has symptoms of ____, he/she experiences feelings of imminent threat, severe arousal, scarce cognition, and high levels of focus and reaction.
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7. Differences between worry, anxiety, and fear can be illustrated along a continuum that includes
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8. Worry, anxiety, and fear are often viewed along a dimension of
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9. When worry, anxiety, and fear become severe and create trouble for a person, he/she may be experiencing a(n)
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10. Eliana is at a party and begins to feel uncomfortable that she is not safe there. Several of the guys have been trying to get her to go upstairs with them alone, and keep offering her more drinks. As she discerns that her safety is at risk in this situation, her heart rate increases, she finds she cannot concentrate on conversations, and she simply leaves as quickly as she possibly can. Eliana is best described as experiencing
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11. When a person experiences severe levels of anxiety, fear, and worry, he/she may have a(n)
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12. Angelina reported experiencing intense feelings of fear, apprehension, and physical symptoms that lasted around 10 minutes or so. Her experience is most consistent with a
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13. Common physical symptoms associated with a panic attack include
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14. Malcolm is in the middle of a panic attack. As part of the experience, he feels like this situation cannot quite be real. This particular symptom is known as
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15. If a person experiences severe panic symptoms only when speaking in public he/she is said to have ____ attacks.
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16. People who regularly experience unexpected panic attacks may be diagnosed with
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17. People who have panic disorder have panic attacks. At least one of these attacks must be followed by
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18. A symptom of panic disorder is
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19. Anxiety about being in places where panic attacks may occur, especially places where escape might be difficult, is most accurately termed
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20. According to the textbook, which anxiety disorder is most likely to be associated with agoraphobia?
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21. Jonas is extremely anxious about speaking in public. This anxiety does not simply apply to giving speeches, but even to speaking in a conversation with another person, ordering a meal from another person, making a doctor’s appointment, and so forth. Because of his extreme anxiety, he rarely does these activities, and finds ways around them. For example, he will not eat out at all, and his sister makes most of his doctor’s appointments for him when necessary. Jonas’s strategies for not engaging in these activities illustrate a key feature of anxiety known as
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22. Social phobia is also sometimes referred to as
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23. Intense and ongoing fear of potentially embarrassing interpersonal or performance situations is characteristic of
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24. People with social phobia often have
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25. Many people with social phobia believe they will do something to make themselves appear foolish before others, such as
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26. One characteristic of social phobia that will interfere with one’s ability to live a normal life is
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27. If someone with social phobia mainly experiences fear and anxiety around giving speeches publicly, the disorder is specified as
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28. Which of the following is a situation that might cause a person with social phobia high levels of anxiety?
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29. Kyla is terrified of small spaces like elevators and closets. Kyla is experiencing symptoms characteristic of a(n) ____ phobia.
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30. Fears of specific areas such as enclosed spaces in airplanes and elevators is referred to as
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31. An excessive, unreasonable fear of a certain object or situation is a(n)
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32. Nancy has extreme levels of worry about a wide assortment of different activities and events. Within the anxiety disorder category, she is experiencing symptoms most consistent with
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33. Early onset of generalized anxiety disorder is ____; late onset of generalized anxiety disorder is ____.
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34. Extreme levels of worry about many different events or activities are common to
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35. The key aspect of generalized anxiety disorder that separates it from other anxiety disorders is
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36. Generalized anxiety disorder and worry are largely ____ concepts.
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37. The key aspect of generalized anxiety disorder, worry, is reported by many people with the disorder to be
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38. In obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsessions are ____, and the compulsions are ____.
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39. Common obsessions include
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40. Rituals or habits that are performed in response to recurrent, persistent thoughts are known as
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41. Jackson is constantly worried about germs. To deal with this worry, he often washes his hands, cleans his kitchen, scrubs doorknobs, and so forth. The cleaning behavior does provide some relief from the worry for a few moments, but the worries always return. Jackson would be most likely to be diagnosed with
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42. Intolerable thoughts about harming an infant would be considered an obsession of
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43. To be categorized as an actual compulsion for the purposes of diagnosis, a behavior must take place at least
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44. Many people with rituals are not disturbed by their behavior, but people with obsessive-compulsive disorder find their obsessions and compulsions to be
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45. Body dysmorphic disorder is now believed to be most closely related to ____ disorder.
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46. Caitlin is certain that her nose is too large, that her face is beginning to wrinkle, and that her eyes are set too far apart. She pursues many cosmetic surgeries in an effort to “correct” these flaws, which most people cannot even see in the first place. Caitlin is experiencing symptoms most consistent with
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47. Posttraumatic stress and acute stress disorder follow
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48. Which disorder typically develops within 3 to 6 months of a devastating event?
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49. Which of the following is a key reexperiencing symptom in posttraumatic stress disorder?
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50. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder must last at least ____ for a diagnosis to be made.
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51. If distressing memories, dreams, dissociation, and avoidance associated with a trauma last from three days to one month following the event, a person is most likely to be diagnosed with ____ stress disorder.
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52. Hispanic culture places a great emphasis on physical symptoms to express distress or anxiety. This may explain the concept
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53. When symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder do not occur until 6 months after the trauma or later, ____ expression is said to have occurred.
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54. Mala is a survivor of the typhoon in the Philippines. Nearly a year after the typhoon, she begins to experience flashbacks of the storm itself, has nightmares about the days following the storm when food and water were unavailable, and other symptoms. Mala likely has
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55. If people with a stress disorder have symptoms that continue longer than one month, they may be diagnosed with
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56. In order to be diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, a person must
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57. Individuals who are diagnosed with acute stress disorder or PTSD often experience feelings of ____ about the event.
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58. People with social phobia
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59. One diagnostic criteria of posttraumatic stress disorder is
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60. Substantial distress when separation from a major attachment figure occurs or is expected to occur is characteristic of
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61. Separation anxiety disorder is marked by substantial distress that must last at least ____ in children and adolescents.
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62. School refusal behavior may occur
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63. Ongoing or chronic absences from school can lead to long-term problems such as
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64. Which statement about anxiety and anxiety disorders is most accurate?
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65. Of the anxiety disorders, the disorder with the highest 12 month and lifetime prevalence rate is
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66. Strong fears of specific items such as snakes and other animals, heights, flying in planes, enclosed spaces, illness or injury, blood, water, death, medical procedures, and being alone are ____ in the general population.
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67. Anxiety disorders in general tend to be more common among ____ than ____.
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68. ____ racial differences have been found with respect to anxiety disorders among European Americans, African Americans, and Hispanics within the United States.
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69. In South and East Asia, an intense fear of one’s penis or nipples retracting into the body and shrinking in size is known as
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70. Physical symptoms of panic attack include
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71. In Malaysia, an exaggerated startle response mixed with shouting obscenities is known as
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72. Anxiety disorders and ____ are commonly comorbid.
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73. The Taoists believe that semen is as a source of strength, so any perceived threat to ejaculation, such as genital shrinkage, may provoke
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74. People exposed to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, typhoons, and other natural disasters also commonly develop symptoms of posttraumatic stress and
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75. Anxiety-related disorders are associated with
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76. A compulsion to pull out one’s hair, eyelashes, eyebrows, and other body hair is called
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77. How does stigma affect treatment-seeking behavior for individuals with anxiety-related disorders?
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78. Military personnel may avoid treatment for PTSD because
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79. Genetic researchers often rely on ____ studies, in which a certain disorder is examined in people and their close relatives.
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80. Identical twins and non-identical or fraternal twins are compared in ____ studies.
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81. Family and twin studies indicate that anxiety disorders appear to have ____ genetic basis.
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82. Studies reveal that social phobia is more common in ____ compared to ____.
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83. Family and twin studies indicate that anxiety disorders
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84. The ____ refers to the percentage of cases in which each twin has a specific disorder.
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85. The contribution of genetics to anxiety-related disorders is
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86. The amygdala is a brain area long associated with
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87. Which brain structure is activated by fearful stimuli and helps produce symptoms such as fast heart rate and emotional states of anxious apprehension to help a person cope with threat?
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88. Altered functioning of the orbitofrontal cortex, basal ganglia, caudate nucleus, anterior cingulate, and thalamus are seen in
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89. Astrid has posttraumatic stress disorder following a traumatic event. She tends to see threats everywhere, even when none are present. Which part of Astrid’s brain may be activated so that she perceives a threat even in the absence of one actually being present?
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90. The neurotransmitter that is most closely related to mood and motor behavior is
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91. The neurotransmitter that is most closely related to excessive physical symptoms of anxiety is
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92. Ellen’s instructor walks in the classroom and announces there will be a pop quiz. Ellen feels her heart rate increase, her breathing becomes rapid, and other signs of physical arousal as she responds to this stressor. Which of the following is responsible for activating this response in Ellen?
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93. People who, by their nature, strongly prefer familiarity and are fearful of new things are most accurately described as having
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94. Which neurotransmitter appears to inhibit nerve cells related to anxiety and may be deficient in people with anxiety disorders?
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95. Long-term studies reveal children with behavioral inhibition to be more likely than control participants to develop anxiety-related disorders, especially ____ than children without behavioral inhibition.
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96. The idea that humans are biologically predisposed to fear certain stimuli more so than others is known as
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97. What evolutionary purpose could social anxiety serve, according to your textbook?
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98. Negative thought patterns are referred to as
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99. Thought patterns that are negative and ongoing that contribute to anxiety disorders are called
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100. When Sally believes her physical feelings reflect how things truly are, she is engaging in
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101. Cognitive theories of anxiety disorders focus on ____, or a person’s ability to think about a past anxiety-provoking event without significant anxiety.
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102. Fear of the potential dangerousness of internal sensations is a potent risk factor for anxiety disorders and specifically refers to
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103. Tiffany has been worried about her grades for about two months since failing her first exam. After hearing about the diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder, she is convinced that this is what she has. After seeing a counselor at her university clinic, what is she told?
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104. Jason has a strong tendency to be fearful and overreact to minor physical changes within his body. This problem may be classified as
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105. Which of the following parental characteristics is LEAST likely to be associated with a child of that parent developing anxiety?
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106. In learning-based accounts of anxiety disorders,
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107. If learning experiences are disappointing or undermine one’s confidence, they can produce a feeling of
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108. Marnie is playing in the neighborhood when she feels pain in her leg and looks down to see a dog clamped on her in a vicious bite. Marnie quite naturally felt fear in response to the pain of the bite, but now also finds that she is terrified of dogs, too. In this example, the dog is the
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109. Researchers now believe that certain people are born with ____ to experience anxiety and also develop a ____ toward anxiety disorders.
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110. Which of the following is a psychological vulnerability for an anxiety-related disorder?
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111. Jason is attempting to see how close he can get to his feared situation. His therapist is using a(n)
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112. Popular methods used to assess anxiety disorders include
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113. Measuring physical symptoms that accompany anxiety is called
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114. Which class of drugs enhances the GABA system to produce a more inhibiting effect on anxiety and thus greater sedation?
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115. Teaching a person about the three components of anxiety and how these components relate to them is a form of
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116. Relaxation training is an example of a(n)
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117. Sam is being taught to tense and release different muscle groups to defuse tension. He is undergoing
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118. Therapists often use ____ to change negative thought patterns.
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119. Susan was asked to examine the worst-case scenario for what could happen if she was exposed to something she feared, such as a snake. Exploring the realistic probabilities of unlikely scenarios such as being attacked by the snake would be involved in cognitive therapy for
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120. Cognitive therapy for ____ would include encouraging an older child or adolescent to consider alternative explanations for a parent being late to pick him/her up from school, such as traffic congestion and unexpected errands.
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121. Gradual exposure to a feared stimulus may occur during
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122. Carol fears dogs. She was placed in a room with a dog until her panic subsided and could approach the dog. The procedure she underwent was
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123. Prognosis refers to
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124. Jackson has been working on thinking of many harmless alternate possibilities in each situation where he worries that something will go wrong. His therapist has been guiding him through
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125. Sasha has been treated for an anxiety disorder. Her therapist has helped her gain greater awareness and acceptance of her symptoms and helped her see how her symptoms can be experienced without severe avoidance or other impairment. Sasha’s therapist has utilized which type of therapy?
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126. Mindfulness encourages clients to ____ their anxiety.
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127. Interoceptive exposure and is most useful for those with
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128. Some childhood fears, such as a monster in the closet or under the bed, are normal and temporary. More persistent and stable problems, inhibition, and shyness are
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129. Childhood disorders such as separation anxiety and school refusal
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130. Before starting therapy, John was given all information about potential risks and benefits of therapy, meaning he was given
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131. When people entering therapy are fully informed about all potential risks and benefits of therapy, they are given
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132. To simplify a complex issue, the BEST approach for addressing anxiety disorders at any age is
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133. Choose any three anxiety disorders and compare and contrast them.
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134. Identify the characteristics common across different types of anxiety-related disorders.
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135. Identify and describe the various causes of anxiety disorders.
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136. Identify and describe methods to prevent anxiety disorders.
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137. Identify and describe what separates “normal” anxiety from “abnormal” anxiety.
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138. Describe the advantages of family and twin studies.
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139. Identify and describe exposure and response prevention therapy.
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140. Describe how cognitive therapy can be used to treat anxiety disorders.
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141. Describe now mindfulness can be used to treat anxiety disorders.
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