Subject |
Date Published |
Contributer |
Language |
Total Questions |
File Name |
Psychology |
14th February 2009 |
Kathy Jacobs |
USA |
18 |
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Acute stress disorder (ASD) |
A traumatic stress reaction ocurring during the month following exposure to a traumatic event |
Agoraphobia |
An excessive fear of being in public places |
Anxiety |
An emotional state characterized by physiological arousal, unpleasant feelings of tension, and a sense of apprehension or foreboding |
Anxiety disorders |
A class of psychological disorders characterized by excessive or maladaptive anxiety reactions |
Cognitive Restructuring |
A cognitive therapy method that involves replacing irrational thoughts with rational alternatives |
Compulsion |
A repetitive or ritualistic behavior that the person feels compelled to perform |
Fear-stimulus hierarchy |
An ordered series of increasingly fearful stimuli |
Flooding |
A behavior therapy technique for overcoming fears by means of exposure to high levels of fear-inducing stimuli |
Genralized anxiety disorder |
A type of anxiety disorder characterized by general feelings of dread and foreboding and heightened states of bodily arousal |
Gradual Exposure |
In behavior therapy, a method of overcoming fears through a stepwise process of exposure to increasingly fearful stimuli in imagination or in real-life situations |
Obessive-compulsive disorder |
A type of anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent obsessions, compulsions or both |