Most individuals diagnosed with social phobia
a. can identify the origin of their social phobia.
b. have no other anxiety or mood disorders.
c. are men.
d. abuse alcohol.
Question 2Behaviorally inhibited young children are more likely to develop specific phobias. This is an example of a ________ causal factor.
a. conditioning
b. preparedness
c. cognitive
d. biological
Question 3Individuals with social phobia are likely to
a. be aggressive.
b. attribute events in their lives to external factors.
c. have been raised in a permissive environment.
d. attribute negative life events to internal, global, and stable factors.
Question 4________ was once thought to be a fear of crowded places, but now is seen as a complication of having panic attacks in public.
a. Agoraphobia
b. Claustrophobia
c. Generalized anxiety disorder
d. General social phobia
Question 5When Jill experienced her first panic attack, she felt as if she were outside of herself, watching herself struggle to catch her breath. Jill's sense of not being part of herself is one of the symptoms of a panic attack known as
a. derealization.
b. depersonalization.
c. dissociative fugue.
d. personality disintegration.
Question 6Which of the following is necessary for a diagnosis of panic disorder?
a. Uncued panic attacks
b. Depersonalization
c. Panic attacks, cued and uncued, consisting of at least 6 of the 13 symptoms of a panic attack
d. Derealization
Question 7Panic attacks, by definition,
a. are seen in individuals with panic disorder.
b. are unexpected (uncued).
c. require the presence of at least 4 of 13 characteristic symptoms.
d. are 30-60 minutes in duration.