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Abnormal Psychology
Chapter 6.2
Term | Definition |
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Agoraphobia | exaggerated fear of being in situations which escape is difficult |
Anxiety | diffuse emotional reaction out of proportion to threats of environment |
Compulsion | repetitive, ritualistic behaviors aimed at reduction of anxiety & distress or prevention of some dreaded event |
Decatrophizing | cog. behavior therapy procedure used in treatment of anxiety disorders- image of worst-case scenario happening |
Fear | unpleasant emotional reaction experienced in face of real immediate danger |
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) | anxiety disorder which is characterized by excessive and uncontrollable worry about number of events |
Interoceptive Exposure | cog. behavior therapy procedure used in treatment of panic disorder and arrived at reducing a person's fear |
Obsesessions | repetitive, unwanted, intrusive cognitive events that may take the form of thoughts, images or impulses |
Panic Attack | sudden, overwhelming experience of terror/fright |
Panic Disorder | anxiety disorder in which a person experiences recurrent, unexpected panic attacks |
Phobias | persistent and irrational narrowly defined fears that are associated with specific object/situation |
Preparedness Model | notion that organisms are biologically prepared, on the basis of neural pathways in their central nervous system |
Social Anxiety Disorder | form of anxiety disorder in which the person is persistently fearful of social situations that might expose him/her to scrutiny by others |
Specific Phobia | marked & persistent fear of clearly apparent, objects/situations such as snakes, spiders, heights or small enclosed space |
Statistically Significant | statistical statement that a research result has a low probability of having |
Thought Suppression | process of consciously attempting to stop experiencing, thought impulse or mental image |
Worry | relatively uncontrollable sequence of negative emotional thoughts |