Chat with AIExam 15: Abnormal Behaviour
Freud believed that most, if not all, psychological disorders are mainly the result of anxiety.However, Freudian explanations of the anxiety disorders receive much less attention today than they once did.From what you've learned of Freudian theory, how would a Freudian explanation of the etiology of the anxiety disorders differ from the types of explanations presented in your text?
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VerifiedFreud would say that the anxiety disorders result from internal events, drives, and motivations that the patient is not conscious of.We normally feel anxiety when we are threatened, but in the case of anxiety disorders, anxiety is experienced even when we're not aware of any dangerous threat.Often there's just the feeling of danger or a threat being present.Everyone uses defence mechanisms to alleviate feelings of anxiety, but in clinical cases, these mechanisms are not effective enough to provide relief.Anxiety that's severe enough to be considered abnormal may be caused by unacceptable impulses that are on the verge of breaking into consciousness, threatened disapproval, withdrawal of love, and fear of abandonment.These are examples of events that might be threatening to a small child and which might be thrust into the unconscious, only to emerge later in the form of the symptoms of an anxiety disorder.
Getting more specific, a phobic object or situation would symbolically stand for something that the patient is frightened of, either consciously or unconsciously.Obsessions and compulsions function by directing attention away from fearful, unconscious thoughts.
Typically, an individual who has which of the following anxiety disorders would be MOST successful in controlling her anxiety?
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The medical model proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behavior as a(n) ____________________.
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For individuals with eating disorders, the prognosis is better for those with ____________________, which has a recovery rate of approximately 70 per cent.
(36) Describe the two major mood disorders and briefly explain how biological factors (genetic, neurochemical, and neuroanatomical) factors may be related to the development of mood disorders.
(41) Tony is very rigid and inflexible and has serious difficulties in his interactions with his family and co-workers.If Tony has a psychological disorder, he is most likely to be diagnosed as having a(n)
(33) Cognitive theorists maintain that certain styles of thinking make some people particularly vulnerable to anxiety disorders.
(34) Your friend's mother is afraid of squirrels.Although she knows squirrels are basically harmless, she cannot control her anxiety when she sees either a real squirrel or a picture of a squirrel.She never took your friend to the local park when he was a child because of the numerous squirrels.Your friend's mother has
(40) The psychological disorder that involves the coexistence in one person of two or more largely complete, and usually very different, personalities is
(37) It is safest to conclude that after 40 years of research effort, the neurochemical bases of mood disorders
(36) A major criticism of the medical model made by Thomas Szasz is that
(40) According to Seligman's concept of "preparedness," which of the following stimuli should one develop a phobia toward MOST easily?
(37) At this time, one of the major neurotransmitters that has been linked to schizophrenia is
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