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This anxiety disorder involves intense fear or anxiety about leaving home, being in open spaces, enclosed spaces or in lines or crowds.
 
  a. panic disorder
  b. agoraphobia
  c. generalized anxiety disorder
  d. social anxiety disorder

Question 2

Which statement is true about heritability of anxiety disorders?
 
  a. Family studies indicate agoraphobia and panic disorder have hereditary component.
  b. Genetic components result in enhanced extinction of conditioned fear responses in those with anxiety disorders.
  c. Individuals with the Val66Met allele have increased activity of the vmPFC during extinction.
  d. Individuals with the Val66Met allele have decreased activity of the vmPFC during extinction.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D



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