Who do anxiety disorders most commonly afflict?

Related Mcqs:

1. Who do anxiety disorders most commonly afflict?

   A. Adolescents
   B. Children (Infant to 12 years)
   C. Elderly
   D. Young Adults (20+)

2. When Saleem returned from combat in the Kargil War, he began experiencing high anxiety that has persisted without any improvement. This example illustrates which anxiety related disorder?

   A. panic
   B. post – traumatic stress
   C. phobia
   D. obsessive – compulsive

3. The Freudian explanations of anxiety disorders emphasizes:

   A. the avoidance paradox
   B. learned habits of self- defeating behavior
   C. forbidden impulses that threaten a loss of control
   D. the development of a faulty or inaccurate self – image and distorted self – perceptions

4. In most anxiety disorders, the person’s distress is:

   A. focused on a specific situation
   B. related to ordinary life stresses
   C. greatly out of proportion to the situation
   D. based on a physical cause

5. Which out of the five most common anxiety disorders, is the most frequently diagnosed?

   A. social phobia
   B. obsessive compulsive disorder
   C. panic disorder
   D. generalized anxiety disorder

6. Which out of the five most common anxiety disorders, is the most frequently diagnosed?

   A. social phobia
   B. obsessive compulsive disorder
   C. panic disorder
   D. generalized anxiety disorder

7. A disorder characterized by continuous tension and occasional anxiety attacks in which persons think they are going insane or are about to die is called a:

   A. panic disorder
   B. phobia
   C. depressive psychosis
   D. hysterical reaction

8. What is a common symptom of GAD (generalized anxiety disorder)?

   A. Frequent urination
   B. Incessant, constant worry about something unimportant
   C. Extreme paranoia
   D. Frequent feelings of hopelessness and despair

9. “I believed Ahmad’s anxiety and defensiveness are the result of an unrealistic self-image and an inability to take responsibility for her feelings.” This statement would most likely have been made by a:

   A. psychodynamic theorist
   B. Freudian therapist
   C. humanistic psychologist
   D. behavioristic theorist

10. Irrational acts a person feels driven to repeat are called_____. They help control anxiety caused by:

    A. obsessions: compulsions
    B. compulsions; obsessions
    C. compulsions; defense mechanisms
    D. defense mechanisms; obsessions