Dr Baldwin Is Explaining a Cognitive Model for the Development

question 50

Multiple Choice

Dr. Baldwin is explaining a cognitive model for the development of panic disorder. She describes a connection between cognitions and somatic symptoms that begin with physical changes that create catastrophic thoughts, which result in fear and more physiological changes. She is describing the beginning steps of the ____.

• A) classical conditioning loop
• B) circular pattern of anxieties
• C) feedback loop
• D) observational learning

Analyze the role of attention in the conditioning process and its influence on learned behaviors.

Understand the basic principles and models explaining classical conditioning, including Rescorla-Wagner model, AESOP model, stimulus-substitution theory, and sometimes-opponent-process theory.

Grasp the neurobiological underpinnings of conditioning, specifically the role of amygdala circuits in response to predictive and surprising events.

Comprehend the concepts of conditioned stimulus preexposure, unconditioned stimulus preexposure, and their effects on conditioning.

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Definitions:

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