PSYCH 333 1nd Edition Lecture 10 Outline of Last Lecture I Anxiety Disorders II Specific Phobia III Social Anxiety Disorder IV Panic Disorder V Agoraphobia VI Generalized Anxiety Disorder VII Biological Theories Outline of Current Lecture II Biological Treatments III Behavioral Theories IV Cognitive Theories V Cognitive Treatments Current Lecture Biological Treatments o Medications Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors SSRIs Benzodiazepines similar to valium it impacts GABA serotonin and neuroepinephrine Beta blockers used to cardiovascular disease it blocks adrenaline in the central nervous system used more for panic attacks Behavioral Theories o Mowrer s two factor model Step 1 classical conditioning pairing unconditioned stimulus with a conditioned response Step 2 operant conditioning Classical conditioning initiates the fear and operant conditioning maintains the fear o Specific phobia Prepared learning evolutionary threat history o Social anxiety disorder Effects of bullying social isolation o Panic disorder These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Interoceptive cues sensations in the body like heart fluttering shaky hands Behavioral Treatments o Exposure based therapies Operant conditioning removing the possibility of negative reinforcement Classical conditioning extinction o Fear hierarchies starts from the least feared to the most feared o Gradual exposure o Relaxation strategies deep breathing pleasant imagination exposure o Biofeedback monitor to screen ANS arousal Think pair share o Least feared talking about heights or places that are high o Showing pictures of different heights or high places o Walking to a high place o Looking over the high place Cognitive Theories o Negative beliefs about the future Changes based on the disorder o Sense of control perception not reality Everything is outside of their control and there is nothing they can do about it o Salience of threat how threatening a cue is to the person The type of threat changes by disorder o GAD worrying Cognitive Treatments o Identification of distorted cognitions o Information about base rate Possibility vs probability o Letting go of worry mindfulness Notice the worried thought but not get caught up in them o Worry Identification of and exposure to emotions
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