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clp 4143 exam 2 fsu (notes and study
guide)/comprehensive/2024/25
1.anxiety: a negative mood state characterized by bodily symptoms
of physical tension and by apprehension about the future
2.responses to threat: emotional, cognitive, and behavioral
3.emotional response to threat: sense of dread, terror, restlessness,
irritability
4.cognitive response to threat: looking out for danger
5.behavioral response to threat: confront or flee the threat
6.why do we get anxious?: it is adaptive (natural alarm response),
prepares us to do something (fight, flight, freeze)
7.true or false: some anxiety is good: true
8.adaptive and maladaptive fears: Evolutionary perspective often
focused on evolutionary significance of anxiety and fear
Emotional responses are adaptive.
Mobilize responses that help the person survive in the face of both
immediate danger and long-range threats
9.3 questions regarding adaptive v. maladaptive fears: 1. are concerns
realistic given the circumstances?
2.is the amount of fear in proportion to the threat?
3.does the concern persist in the absence of the threat?
10.what is the key to fear v. anxiety disorder diagnosis?: distress
impairment
11.fear v. anxiety disorder diagnosis questions: 1. does it interfere with
your sleep, work, studying, quality of life, etc?
2. is it impairing and affecting your life significantly?
12.anxiety disorders involve: maladaptive fear
13.DSM-5 Anxiety Disorders: panic
disorders specific phobias
social anxiety disorder
generalized anxiety
disorder
