According to the Fear of Fear Model of Agoraphobia

question 67

Multiple Choice

According to the fear of fear model of agoraphobia,

• A) agoraphobia develops when the fear caused by a traumatic event becomes associated with numerous diverse environmental stimuli.
• B) minimal signs of sympathetic arousal come to signal more intense levels of arousal such that slight changes in autonomic activity become triggers for panic attacks.
• C) agoraphobics develop fear responses to so many environmental stimuli that it is impossible to identify the stimulus that triggers a panic attack.
• D) the avoidant behaviors that the agoraphobic engages in serve to both maintain and exaggerate existing conditioned fear reactions.

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