Chapter 10

• Describe the two pathways in the brain for processing fear, and how they work. From an evolutionary perspective, explore the advantage of the two pathways.
• Discuss some of the ways cognitive bias leads to both the development and maintenance of anxiety.
• Explain how the brain is involved in anxiety in terms of brain areas, neurotransmitters, and networks.
• Compare how the developmental trajectory of anxiety and fear map onto normal human developmental stages.
• Report what we know about the prevalence rates of anxiety disorders across the life span and around the world.
• List the eight different categories of diagnostic symptoms describing separation anxiety disorder. State how many must be present before an individual receives a diagnosis of separation anxiety disorder.
• Cite evidence to show that GAD has a significant impact on the U.S. population.
• Describe what medications and psychological therapies are recommended for treating GAD, as well as what aspects of GAD each type of treatment targets.
• Assess what characteristics might make an individual more at risk for developing SAD.
• Identify how the social brain is involved in SAD.
• Predict what characteristics you would expect to read in a case study of an individual with agoraphobia in terms of symptoms, prior history, and treatment protocols.
• Give examples of specific phobias. Compare the prevalence rates for different kinds of phobias.
• Discuss how specific phobias are developed, as well as how they are treated. Identify the common thread between development (initiation) and treatment (extinction).
• List the characteristics of a panic attack. Contrast a panic attack with a panic disorder.
• Describe obsessions, compulsions and their relationship in OCD.
• Compare hoarding with OCD in terms of both observable behaviors and brain processing.
• Devise a recommendation of the best treatment for OCD.