HW Ch 16 - pp 517 thru 529, pp 533 thru 539 - psyc 107 Fall 2010 Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. __D__ 1. The text defines stress as: a. the negative emotional responses people experience when they are threatened b. the increased arousal people experience when they are threatened c. any environmental event that produces elevated heart rate and blood pressure d. the physical and psychological reactions people have to demanding situations __A__ 2. Hans Selye introduced the model of stress reaction called the general adaptation syndrome (GAS). Selye was convinced that reactions to stressful situations: a. were general and nonspecific b. differed, depending on the type of stressor that was present c. were stronger when people had other physical illnesses d. differed, depending on the personality characteristics of the individual __A__ 3.
Stress comes from any situation in which we feel frustrated, angry or anxious. Anxiety, on the other hand, comes from apprehension or fear. Stress and Anxiety, in a nutshell, stem from our bodies reaction to fear or change. Those who suffer from stress can understand their condition and find resolution in the mediums of therapy or changing certain aspects to their daily lives. Anxiety on the other hand is not something that can be treated easily as there is the potential to have larger psychological or physicals reasons for its manifestation.
Cortisol is sometimes referred to as a ‘stress hormone’ because it is produced in times of stress. The high levels of cortisol are not surprising as many depressive episodes are preceded by stressful events. Given this, the high levels of cortisol may be a result rather than a cause of depression – they may be produced as a response to stress rather than a cause of the disorder. The Biological Model states that psychological disorders are caused, at least in part, by biological factors. This suggests that treatment should
Running Head: Theory Critique Hart Theory Critique: Archibald Hart The Anxiety Cure Jennifer Hooker Liberty University COUN 507 Diane Powel 12/09/12 Summary of Content Dr. Archibald Hart’s book The Anxiety Cure is often presented as a self-help book. Dr. Hart introduces a guideline that would assist a person in determining the causes and prevention of anxiety and ways to cope with it. Dr. Hart wants to raise awareness on the growing effects of anxiety is now one of the major emotional disorders at this time (Hart, 1999). Stress can often be unpredictable and difficult to avoid, however it can end up leading to depression or an anxiety disorder, which could negatively affect the progress of living a healthy life. Dr. Hart provides examples of different techniques that can be utilized when coping with anxiety without having to rely on the use of medication.
The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) was created to help measure the needs for power, intimacy, and achievement in regards to motivation. The motivational view I agree with the least is the psychoanalytic view. “The psychoanalytic view of human motivation suggests that behavior is ultimately determined by unconscious sexual and aggressive drives and by the complex intrapsychic conflicts that arise in daily life.” (Pinel, J.P.J. 2008. p. 299). Freud had some beliefs that I believe have been outdated and further researched since his time.
The right hemisphere is believed to process the central aspects of a situation, and the left the finer details. This was verified by giving the volunteers propranolol, a beta-blocker which dampens activation of the amygdala and weakens recall of emotionally arousing memories. Men then found it harder to remember the gist of the films, and women found it harder to recall details. A hemispheric difference in electrical response to emotional material can be detected in the sexes at 300 milliseconds, long before they have time to interpret what they have seen. These discoveries may have implications for the treatment of stress and mental disorders (Cahill).
Conventional psychology suggested that displaced aggression was closely connected with low-self esteem. However since the breakthrough study by Baumeister (1996), conventional wisdom has given way to a startling revelation, i.e. people with high ego are more likely to engage in displaced aggressive behavior than people with lower self esteem. Displaced aggression can be found in numerous cases and in varied situations. It is often observed in the behavior of the victim who transfers his own aggression and frustration to the next link on the chain.
Assessment C BIOQ121 Carly Allen Word count: 745 A review of the effectiveness of Mindful Based Interventions in the treatment of Anxiety. Anxiety is used to describe a plethora of emotional states. It is a feeling which can be useful in aiding motivation to accomplish tasks perceived as necessary and is associated with eustress, it could also manifest to worry or escalate to severe panic (Australian government 2013). It is a normal response to a stressful situation and can entail psychological and physiological responses and also arise outside of conscious attention, triggering responses in the nervous system similar to that of the “fight/flight”
Once he or she stops thinking about going to this place entirely, he or she will then start to feel better and the anxiety will disappear. This is an example of how classical conditioning and avoidance of these feared objects will make the phobia worse. There may be many different causes when it comes to phobias such as a childhood trauma or genetics, but classical conditioning plays an important role in either reinforcing or causing these simple phobias, sometimes both. Through this conditioning, people have repeatedly associated the fear with terrible anxiety, strengthening the fear. This can interfere with your everyday life, because a person will go to great extents and avoid numerous situations that may have snakes to do with it, such as an aquarium, or where ever snakes may be.
Development of physiological tolerance and increased anxiety, depression and other symptoms could draw the person even deeper into his or her addiction. As the consequences associated with the behavior get more severe, a person feels like the problem is no longer in their control. Even when it reaches the point where the person is not getting anything positive out of it, the person may keep using to avoid the pain of having to quit the behavior. Many people dependent on substances report using substances long after they stop experiencing any enjoyable effects. The reason why I picked this model was because it looks at everything as a whole which includes the biological, psychological and sociological factors.