Question 1

Specific phobias are defined as:

Accepted Answer

Specific phobias are characterized by an excessive, unreasonable, and persistent fear triggered by a specific object or situation, leading to significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

Question 2

The tendency for anxious people to attend selectively to threatening stimuli is called:

Accepted Answer

Cognitive bias refers to the tendency of individuals to process information in a way that aligns with their existing beliefs, fears, or desires. In the context of anxiety, this means anxious individuals are more likely to notice, attend to, and remember information that they perceive as threatening, compared to non-threatening information.

Question 3

DSM-5 specifies ___ subgroups of specific phobias:

Accepted Answer

DSM-5 specifies 5 subgroups of specific phobias: Animal, Natural Environment, Blood-Injection-Injury, Situational, and Other.

Question 4

Common phobias tend to focus on a small group of objects and situations and the main ones are:

Accepted Answer

Common phobias often revolve around animals, such as fear of spiders, snakes, or dogs, rather than inanimate objects like cotton wool or chocolate, or specific items like dolls.

Question 5

Around ______ of individuals in Western societies will develop a problem that is anxiety related at some point in their lives.

Accepted Answer

Around 30-40% of individuals in Western societies will develop a problem that is anxiety related at some point in their lives, reflecting the high prevalence of anxiety disorders in these populations.

Question 6

According to conditioning theory Incubation is a phenomenon that should lead to:

Accepted Answer

Incubation, in the context of conditioning theory, refers to a period of rest or absence from the conditioned stimulus, which can lead to extinction, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of the conditioned response.

Question 7

Chronic anxiety can also be accompanied by:

Accepted Answer

Chronic anxiety can manifest in various physical symptoms, including dizziness, sexual problems, and diarrhea, among others. These symptoms can result from the body's prolonged stress response.

Question 8

In a sufferer of an anxiety disorder the anxiety response:

Accepted Answer

The answer of In a sufferer of an anxiety disorder...

Question 9

Many phobics are ______ to recall trauma at the time of the onset of their phobia:

Accepted Answer

Many phobics are unable to recall trauma at the time of the onset of their phobia because the phobia may develop subconsciously or the traumatic event may be repressed or forgotten.

Question 10

For Freud,the function of phobias was to:

Accepted Answer

Freud believed that phobias serve as a defense mechanism to avoid confronting deeper, unconscious issues, often related to repressed desires or conflicts.

Question 11

Psychodynamic theory as developed by Freud saw phobias as:

Accepted Answer

Freud's psychodynamic theory posits that phobias result from repressed Id impulses. The Id is the part of the psyche that contains our primal desires and fears, and when these desires or fears are repressed, they can manifest as phobias.

Question 12

In the famous "Little Albert" study by Watson & Rayner,they attempted to condition in him,a fear of his pet white rat.This was done by:

Accepted Answer

In the "Little Albert" study, Watson and Rayner paired a loud noise (unconditioned stimulus) with the sight of a white rat (conditioned stimulus) to elicit fear in Albert (unconditioned response), which eventually became a conditioned response (fear) to the white rat alone.

Question 13

When anxiety disorders are comorbid with each other,they:

Accepted Answer

Anxiety disorders that are comorbid with each other often have an earlier age of onset. This is because the presence of one anxiety disorder can increase the vulnerability to developing another, often at a younger age.

Question 14

Surveys suggest that around ___ of the general population experience 'unreasonable fears'.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Surveys suggest that around ___ of the...

Question 15

J.B Watson was a famous:

Accepted Answer

J.B. Watson was a pioneer in behaviorism, which is a theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning.

Question 16

An anxiety disorder is:

Accepted Answer

An anxiety disorder is characterized by an excessive or aroused state with feelings of apprehension, uncertainty, and fear.

Question 17

According to a survey by McLean et al.(2011),lifetime prevalence rates for developing an anxiety disorder that was comorbid with another psychological disorder was for ___ for women and ___ for men.

Accepted Answer

The survey by McLean et al. (2011) found that the lifetime prevalence rates for developing an anxiety disorder that was comorbid with another psychological disorder were 44% for women and 34% for men.

Question 18

Debilitating symptoms of an anxiety problem include:

Accepted Answer

All of the options listed (panic attacks, lack of appetite, uncontrollable thoughts) can be symptoms of an anxiety problem, making "all of the above" the correct choice.

Question 19

Taijin-kyofusho is a common Japanese syndrome characterized by a fear of embarrassing or offending:

Accepted Answer

Taijin-kyofusho is a cultural syndrome most commonly found in Japan, characterized by an intense fear that one's body, body parts, or bodily functions could offend or embarrass others.

Question 20

Phobic individuals acquire a strong set of phobic beliefs which:

Accepted Answer

Phobic individuals develop a set of beliefs that encompass reasons for perceiving the phobia as threatening, strategies for reacting in phobic situations, and mechanisms that seem to manage their fear, making all the options correct.

Quiz 6: Anxiety and Stressor-Related Problems

Specific phobias are defined as:

The tendency for anxious people to attend selectively to threatening stimuli is called:

DSM-5 specifies ___ subgroups of specific phobias:

Common phobias tend to focus on a small group of objects and situations and the main ones are:

Around ______ of individuals in Western societies will develop a problem that is anxiety related at some point in their lives.

According to conditioning theory Incubation is a phenomenon that should lead to:

Chronic anxiety can also be accompanied by:

In a sufferer of an anxiety disorder the anxiety response:

Many phobics are ______ to recall trauma at the time of the onset of their phobia:

For Freud,the function of phobias was to:

Psychodynamic theory as developed by Freud saw phobias as:

In the famous "Little Albert" study by Watson & Rayner,they attempted to condition in him,a fear of his pet white rat.This was done by:

When anxiety disorders are comorbid with each other,they:

Surveys suggest that around ___ of the general population experience 'unreasonable fears'.

J.B Watson was a famous:

An anxiety disorder is:

According to a survey by McLean et al.(2011) ,lifetime prevalence rates for developing an anxiety disorder that was comorbid with another psychological disorder was for _ for women and _ for men.

Debilitating symptoms of an anxiety problem include:

Taijin-kyofusho is a common Japanese syndrome characterized by a fear of embarrassing or offending:

Phobic individuals acquire a strong set of phobic beliefs which:

Quiz 6: Anxiety and Stressor-Related Problems

Specific phobias are defined as:

The tendency for anxious people to attend selectively to threatening stimuli is called:

DSM-5 specifies ___ subgroups of specific phobias:

Common phobias tend to focus on a small group of objects and situations and the main ones are:

Around ______ of individuals in Western societies will develop a problem that is anxiety related at some point in their lives.

According to conditioning theory Incubation is a phenomenon that should lead to:

Chronic anxiety can also be accompanied by:

In a sufferer of an anxiety disorder the anxiety response:

Many phobics are ______ to recall trauma at the time of the onset of their phobia:

For Freud,the function of phobias was to:

Psychodynamic theory as developed by Freud saw phobias as:

In the famous "Little Albert" study by Watson & Rayner,they attempted to condition in him,a fear of his pet white rat.This was done by:

When anxiety disorders are comorbid with each other,they:

Surveys suggest that around ___ of the general population experience 'unreasonable fears'.

J.B Watson was a famous:

An anxiety disorder is:

According to a survey by McLean et al.(2011) ,lifetime prevalence rates for developing an anxiety disorder that was comorbid with another psychological disorder was for ___ for women and ___ for men.

Debilitating symptoms of an anxiety problem include:

Taijin-kyofusho is a common Japanese syndrome characterized by a fear of embarrassing or offending:

Phobic individuals acquire a strong set of phobic beliefs which:

According to a survey by McLean et al.(2011) ,lifetime prevalence rates for developing an anxiety disorder that was comorbid with another psychological disorder was for _ for women and _ for men.