What is the fundamental fear in agoraphobia?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: A good answer will include the following key points.
? The fear of fear—of panic and its imagined consequences.
? A set of phobias, often set off by a panic attack, involving the basic fear of being away from a safe place or person.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
If an infant cries when the mother puts her down and walks away, and then stops crying when the mother picks the infant back up, does this represent an understanding of object permanence?
a. Yes b. No c. Yes, but only if the child is at least 2 months old d. Not necessarily? it depends upon whether the child has a mental representation of the mother
Freudian psychoanalysis is to __________ as modern psychoanalysis is to __________
a. ego; id c. id; superego b. id; ego d. ego; superego
Grace was sitting in class when, without warning, her heart began to pound, her chest felt tight, and a feeling of dizziness came over her. She felt extremely fearful. Over the next few weeks, the same thing happened several times. Her doctor did not find anything wrong with her heart. Grace was probably suffering from
A. generalized anxiety disorder. B. obsessive-compulsive disorder. C. panic disorder. D. social anxiety disorder.