Repeated Exposures to High Stress Levels During Development, for Example

question 44

Multiple Choice

Repeated exposures to high stress levels during development, for example, can increase chances for depression later in life and also puts children at risk of developing anxiety disorders such as:

• A) depression.
• B) posttraumatic stress disorder.
• C) bipolar disorder.
• D) obsessive compulsive disorder.

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Definitions:

Organism's Responding

The manner in which an organism reacts to stimuli or changes in its environment.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus that occurs as a result of conditioning, typically demonstrated in Pavlov’s dog experiment.

Unconditioned Response

A spontaneous, innate response to a trigger that happens without any previous training or conditioning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.