Review the three anxiety response systems and give examples from each
What will be an ideal response?
Physical System. When a person perceives or anticipates danger, the brain sends messages to the sympathetic nervous system, which produces the fight/flight response. The activation of this system produces many important chemical and physical effects that mobilize the body for action. Cognitive System.Since the main purpose of the fight/flight system is to signal possible danger, its activation produces an immediate search for a potential threat. For children with anxiety disorders, it is difficult to focus on everyday tasks because their attention is consumed by a constant search for threat or danger. When these children can't find proof of danger, they may turn their search inward: "If nothing is out there to make me feel anxious, then something must be wrong with me.". Behavioral System.The overwhelming urges that accompany the fight/flight response are aggression and a desire to escape the threatening situation, but social constraints may prevent fulfilling either impulse. For example, just before a final exam you may feel like attacking your professor or not showing up at all, but fortunately for your professor and your need to pass the course, you are likely to inhibit these urges! However, they may show up as foot tapping, fidgeting, or irritability (consider the number of teeth marks in pencils) or as escape or avoidance by getting a doctor's note, requesting a deferral, or even faking illness.
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a. determining how small groups make decisions. b. studying facial expressions of emotion. c. figuring out the most effective ways of treating anxiety. d. studying the nature of optical illusions.
According to your textbook, which of the following is one likely explanation for the self-reference effect?
a. Self-reference instructions increase the likelihood of the item being stored in procedural memory. b. Self-reference instructions increase the capacity of working memory. c. When people think about whether words apply to themselves, they consider how their personal characteristics are interrelated. d. In reality, most people emphasize the physical characteristics of the stimulus, rather than using self-reference.
People see ethical issues as more situationally based when they imagine others dealing with the issues than when they imagine themselves dealing with the issues.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
In terms of self-regulation and independence, adolescents who have ________ parents fare best
a. permissive b. authoritarian c. authoritative d. disengaged