Ch.11 Anxiety and OCD Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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Course
Anxiety Disorders
Institution
Anxiety Disorders
Children with one of the anxiety disorder can cost 20 times more than those from the general population because of the __________ costs.
a. societal
b. psychiatric treatment
c. health care
d. family - Answer-a
The societal costs for clinically anxious youths are also substantial, with estimate...
Ch.11 Anxiety and OCD Exam Questions
with Correct Answers
Children with one of the anxiety disorder can cost 20 times more than those from the
general population because of the __________ costs.
a. societal
b. psychiatric treatment
c. health care
d. family - Answer-a
The societal costs for clinically anxious youths are also substantial, with estimated costs
(e.g., health care, child care, missed work or school days) about 20 times higher for
families with an anxious child versus those from the general population
Anxiety is a mood state characterized by strong negative emotion in which the child
apprehensively anticipates future danger or misfortune. What is missing from this
classic definition of "anxiety"?
a. debilitating despair
b. physical symptoms of tension
c. feelings of abandonment (i.e., separation)
d. episodes of extreme fear - Answer-b
When discussing anxiety, the "fight or flight response" is the __________.
a. abnormal reaction to imaginary danger
b. human evolutionary response to danger
c. neurotic paradox in which a perceived fear becomes self-perpetuating
d. reaction to perceived danger - Answer-d
Anxiety is expressed by each of the following response systems except __________.
a. behavioral
b. emotional
c. cognitive
d. physical - Answer-b
Jimmy waited for the next child to dive from the high board. Then it was his turn.
Standing at the edge of the board, he looks down and sees the deep end below and
then sees himself landing on his belly, and the other kids laughing at him. The life guard
orders him to climb down the ladder. Did he experience anxiety, fear, or panic?
a. Jimmy experiences fear.
b. Jimmy experienced anxiety.
c. Jimmy experienced anxiety, fear, and panic in that order.
d. Jimmy panicked. - Answer-b
This season was different. For over a month, Lucas. 12, keeps blocking the door when
his parents have bowling night. This surprises them because he was proud that he
, never needed a babysitter. But now he worries that his parents might be changed into
zombies or vampires. Which of the following symptoms for separation anxiety disorder
(SAD) does he exhibit?
a. Persistent and excessive fear of or reluctance about being alone or without major
attachment figures at home or in other settings.
b. Persistent or excessive worry about losing major attachment figures or about possible
harm to them, such as illness, injury, disasters, or death.
c. Persistent and excessive fear of or reluctance about being alone or without major
attachment figures at home or in other settings.
d. Persistent and excessive worry about experiencing an untoward event (e.g., getting
lost, being kidnapped, having an accident, becoming ill) that causes - Answer-b
Many children diagnosed with SAD (about half) may following onset develop
__________.
a. physical symptoms such as nausea
b. ADHD
c. a depressive disorder
d. panic attacks - Answer-c
Why is school reluctance and refusal not a separate anxiety disorder?
a. Because it is a fear of authority
b. Because it is a form of separation anxiety
c. Because it is a fear of open spaces (i.e. agoraphobia)
d. Because it is a fear of failure. - Answer-b
To meet the DSM-5 criteria for a specific phobia, a child must show fear or anxiety for a
minimum of __________.
a. 1 year
b. 6 weeks
c. 6 months
d. 1 month - Answer-c
Teddy, 7, refuses to go outside in the dark. Ever since watching a documentary about
UFOs, he is afraid that he will abducted. A plane, with its flashing lights in the night sky,
terrifies him now. Which primary criterion for a specific phobia best describes his
phobia?
a. The phobic object or situation almost always provokes immediate fear or anxiety.
b. None, since Teddy's fear is more in keeping with an obsession.
c. The fear or anxiety is out of proportion to the actual danger posed by the specific
object or situation and to the sociocultural context.
d. Marked fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation (e.g., flying, heights,
animals, receiving an injection, seeing blood). - Answer-b
Evolutionary theory argues that infants possess relevant fears of the natural
environment because they __________.
a. possess a rare vestigial instinct
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