Abnormal Psychology

Anxiety Disorders 279 most people wouldn’t think twice about being judged, such as eating in the presence of others or using pub ...

280 CHAPTER 7 at school and didn’t take any classes where she felt her performance might be observed or judged by her classmates ...

Anxiety Disorders 281 challenges their self-esteem, increasing their anxiety during subsequent performances or tests. Similarly, ...

282 CHAPTER 7 Brain Systems and Neural Communication Social phobia involves fear, and researchers have shown repeatedly that the ...

Anxiety Disorders 283 Psychological Factors Three types of psychological factors infl uence the emergence and maintenance of soc ...

284 CHAPTER 7 in Hughes a powerful emotional response of humiliation or shame. He would then be likely to avoid similar stimuli. ...

Anxiety Disorders 285 Treating Social Phobia Various forms of treatment are effective for social phobia; each one targets neuro- ...

286 CHAPTER 7 Targeting Neurological Factors: Medication For people whose social fears are limited to periodic performances—whet ...

Anxiety Disorders 287 with other research results (Van der Linden et al., 2000). And perhaps most striking, 1 year later, the pe ...

288 CHAPTER 7 opportunity to practice making both spontaneous speeches and planned ones. (For more information, go to http://www ...

Anxiety Disorders 289 Neurological factors that give rise to social phobia include an amygdala that is more easily activated in ...

290 CHAPTER 7 Animal Type Theanimal type of specifi c phobia pertains to an extreme fear or avoidance of any variety of animal; ...

Anxiety Disorders 291 rate and blood pressure, which often causes fainting. Among people with this type of phobia, over half rep ...

292 CHAPTER 7 People also can have a natural disinclination to allow some particu- lar conditioned stimuli to elicit certain con ...

Anxiety Disorders 293 In addition, lower levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine are associated with higher levels of anxie ...

294 CHAPTER 7 encounter the feared stimulus (Tomarken, Mineka, & Cook, 1989). They also overestimate the probability that an ...

Anxiety Disorders 295 Given the neurological vulnerability, this set of events sets the stage for subsequent false alarms and an ...

296 CHAPTER 7 Treating Specifi c Phobias Treatment for specifi c phobias generally targets one type of factor, although the bene ...

Anxiety Disorders 297 the therapist helps highlight discrepant information and challenges the patient to see the irrationality o ...

298 CHAPTER 7 Key Concepts and Facts About Specifi c Phobias Specific phobia involves excessive and irrational anxiety or fear ...