Match the term to the appropriate definition or description.

A. Graduated exposure
B. Conditioned fear reaction
C. Panic control therapy
D. Obsession
E. Panic attack
F. Acute stress disorder
G. Agoraphobia
H. Tics
I. Specific phobia
J. In vivo flooding
K. Reactive attachment disorder
L. Separation anxiety disorder


A. a procedure in which clients gradually expose themselves to increasingly challenging anxiety provoking situations
B. the association of certain bodily sensations with memories of the last panic attack
C. treatment that consists of cognitive restructuring, exposure to bodily cues associated with panic attacks, and breathing retraining
D. a persistent and intrusive idea, thought, impulse or image
E. a period when an individual feels overwhelmed by a range of highly unpleasant physical sensations
F. commonly occurs soon after a traumatic event
G. intense anxiety about being trapped or stranded in a situation where there may be no escape
H. a pattern of abnormal motor symptoms, such as uncontrollable twitches, vocalizations, and facial grimaces.
I. an irrational unabating fear of a particular object, activity or situation that provokes immense anxiety and disrupts functioning
J. behavioral technique in which the client is totally immersed in the sensation of anxiety while in the presence of the feared stimulus
K. a disorder involving a severe disturbance in the ability to relate to others in which the individual is unresponsive to people, is apathetic, and prefers to be alone rather than to interact with friends or family.
L. intense, inappropriate anxiety regarding being away from caregivers

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