Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorders
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following psychological disorders is anxiety most closely related to?
a. psychosis
b. depression
c. schizophrenia
d. dementia
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 121 BLM: Remember
2. In an interview, performer Alanis Morissette said she was once returning home from Los Angeles to
Canada for the holidays, when she suddenly began crying and shaking uncontrollably, and she felt as if
she was going to faint. What was she most likely experiencing?
a. an unexpected panic attack
b. a situationally bound panic attack
c. a specific panic attack
d. a situationally predisposed panic attack
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 122 BLM: Higher Order
3. George has episodes of sheer terror when riding on subway trains. He breaks into a cold sweat and
often feels like he is about to have a heart attack. George imagines he is losing control of himself
during these attacks. What is George most likely experiencing?
a. compulsion
b. alarm response
c. panic
d. anxiety
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 122 BLM: Higher Order
4. Roberta is standing in a shopping mall when she begins having difficulty breathing. She feels her heart
pounding, feels weak and dizzy, and notices that she is perspiring heavily. She thinks she might be
having a heart attack. At the very least, she senses she is losing control and is afraid that if she’s not
having a heart attack, she is going “crazy.” What does this situation illustrate?
a. alarm response
b. a panic attack
c. dissociation
d. anxiety
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 122 BLM: Higher Order
5. When a person feels intense fear, which of the following will activate to cause a surge of energy?
a. the somatic nervous system
b. the parasympathetic nervous system
c. the peripheral nervous system
d. the autonomic nervous system
, ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 123 BLM: Remember
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following psychological disorders is anxiety most closely related to?
a. psychosis
b. depression
c. schizophrenia
d. dementia
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 121 BLM: Remember
2. In an interview, performer Alanis Morissette said she was once returning home from Los Angeles to
Canada for the holidays, when she suddenly began crying and shaking uncontrollably, and she felt as if
she was going to faint. What was she most likely experiencing?
a. an unexpected panic attack
b. a situationally bound panic attack
c. a specific panic attack
d. a situationally predisposed panic attack
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 122 BLM: Higher Order
3. George has episodes of sheer terror when riding on subway trains. He breaks into a cold sweat and
often feels like he is about to have a heart attack. George imagines he is losing control of himself
during these attacks. What is George most likely experiencing?
a. compulsion
b. alarm response
c. panic
d. anxiety
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 122 BLM: Higher Order
4. Roberta is standing in a shopping mall when she begins having difficulty breathing. She feels her heart
pounding, feels weak and dizzy, and notices that she is perspiring heavily. She thinks she might be
having a heart attack. At the very least, she senses she is losing control and is afraid that if she’s not
having a heart attack, she is going “crazy.” What does this situation illustrate?
a. alarm response
b. a panic attack
c. dissociation
d. anxiety
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 122 BLM: Higher Order
5. When a person feels intense fear, which of the following will activate to cause a surge of energy?
a. the somatic nervous system
b. the parasympathetic nervous system
c. the peripheral nervous system
d. the autonomic nervous system
, ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 123 BLM: Remember
