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After reading and studying this chapter and participating in lecture and discussion, students should be able to:
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Identify and give examples of the four types of symptoms that constitute anxiety. |
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Know the differences between adaptive fear and maladaptive anxiety. |
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Know the key features of panic disorder and the biological and psychological theories that attempt to explain it. |
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Identify the treatments available for panic disorder as well as their advantages and disadvantages. |
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Know the key features of agoraphobia. |
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Identify the four main types of specific phobias. |
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Discuss the biological and psychological theories of phobias. |
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Discuss the effective behavioral treatments for phobias. |
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Discuss the key features of GAD and the theories that attempt to explain it. |
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Identify treatments used for GAD. |
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Discuss the key features of OCD and explain how obsessions and compulsions are tied to one another. |
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Discuss the biological and psychological theories of OCD. |
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Identify the treatments available for OCD. |
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Describe how the anxiety disorders discussed in this chapter vary between the sexes and across cultures. |