Homework 3: Diana Huerta PSY 101 Introductory Psychology Oakton Community College Social anxiety is a fear of speaking in public‚ fear of interacting with people‚ and intense nervousness at being the center of attention. It is also a disorder in which a person is afraid that he or she will make mistakes‚ be embarrassed or humiliated by others. Social anxiety is very common since many people struggle with these fears but the situations that trigger these symptoms can be different
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February 2016 Case Study: Anxiety on Jasmine Jasmine comes in today to discuss her anxiety issues and if she potentially could be diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). Jasmine is a middle-aged mother of two‚ married‚ and has a stable job. . She has a good relationship with her parents as well as her sister. She has a family history of moderate anxiety from her mother and her uncle had a history of panic. As a child she had already shown signs of separation anxiety especially from her mother
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Hist of Civilization II Age of Anxiety Writing Assignment During the age of anxiety‚ we learned about totalitarian states. What is it? A state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private life. It existed in Germany‚ Italy‚ and the Soviet Union. A totalitarian state is one in which all systems of government are controlled by a central power. A dictorship and a party will control the law courts‚ the police‚ the media and the government. All freedoms will be denied. In essence
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Anxiety affects 40 million adults in the United States ages 18 and up which about 18% of the population. Growing up with bad Anxiety was not the easiest thing to handle. I use to be very self-abusive to the point I ended up finding out I had anxiety induced bulimia and little thing to some people might mean a bad episode for me like a test an addition or even reading in front of a class because I might mess up because of my dyslexia. But in my junior year of high school‚ I found a way to fight my
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Speech Anxiety Communication apprehension to me simple means the fear of speaking. I use the word “simple” very lightly. It has been something I have feared for many years in my life. It prevented me from finishing college‚ because I was unable to get up in front of my class and give a 45 minute speech. Some of the factors that lead to communications apprehension are not being prepared and being too hard on yourself. Other factors that my also affect it there is anticipation of a hostile
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you probably suffer from dental anxiety. There is a simple fix for dental anxiety - sedation dentistry. Many people become anxious when they are faced with dental procedures. Dental professionals want their patients to be relaxed‚ not only for the patient’s comfort - but because it is much easier to provide excellent dental care to a patient who is comfortable. There are several reasons why people dread visits to the dentist. You may see the reason for your anxiety in these examples: Aversion to
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I’m sorry it’s been so long since I’ve talked to you. I can feel the frustration in the news and I wish I could be a little simpler‚ but nothing seems quite simple. Guilty anxiety consumes every thought‚ and I’m not sure what to say because I know the circumstances aren’t ideal. I hope you know that the last thing I wanted to do hurt you. Now I know it was my fear that got the better of me and I forgot how much you mean to me. You became a regular for the longest time and I was worried you might
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I used all three strategies to successfully lower my uncertainty. This occurred when I began to work at my first job‚ which was at a family owned restaurant. Like all things that are uncommon and new to anyone‚ there is a sense of uncertainty and anxiety that many people feel‚ and in this situation I was definitely experiencing this. After a few weeks of working there‚ I had developed a few relationships with my co-workers‚ but I had yet to know who worked there that was related to the owner. Not
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negatively affect their performance abilities. Stress‚ arousal‚ and anxiety are terms used to describe this condition. Competitive state-anxiety usually follows a pattern of subjective feelings such as tension and inadequacy‚ combined with heightened arousal of the autonomic nervous system. This anxiety type includes state and trait dimensions both of which can show themselves as cognitive and somatic symptoms. Over the years many distinguished sports psychologists have developed various theories and
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unconditioned stimulus (US) – lightening bolt- RESULT- CS elicits fear (CR) How do we measure fear in Pavlovian Conditioning? Freezing‚ Vocalization (ultrasonic for rodents)‚ Increase in acoustic startle response‚ skin conductance- non- specific arousal Differential Conditioning- ITI- intertrial interval startles for in-between startle probes (when nothing is on the screen) Startle indexes magnitude of response of fear- ITI lowest‚ CS- low‚ CS+ highest Amygdala (fear conditioning/shock sensitization
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