What are the similarities and differences among anxiety, fear, and panic attacks?

What will be an ideal response?

Answer:
-anxiety is a future-oriented state characterized by negative affect in which a person focuses on the possibility of uncomfortable danger or misfortune
-in contrast, fear is a present-oriented state characterized by strong escapist tendencies and a surge in the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system in response to current danger

Psychology

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A) is the transparent outer membrane of the eye that covers the pupil and iris. B) allows one to focus on objects at different distances. C) allows light initially to enter the eye. D) controls the amount of light entering the eye.

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The terminal buttons are:

a. the cell body of the neuron b. fibers that extend outward from a neuron c. tiny swellings at the end of the axon d. small gaps between neurons

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