Author Question: Jonas is extremely anxious about speaking in public. This anxiety does not simply apply to giving ... (Read 59 times)

daltonest1984 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Jonas is extremely anxious about speaking in public. This anxiety does not simply apply to giving speeches, but even to speaking in a conversation with another person, ordering a meal from another person, making a doctor's appointment, and so forth. Because of his extreme anxiety, he rarely does these activities, and finds ways around them. For example, he will not eat out at all, and his sister makes most of his doctor's appointments for him when necessary. Jonas's strategies for not engaging in these activities illustrate a key feature of anxiety known as

a. behavioral avoidance.
b. worry.
c. physical arousal.
d. catastrophizing.

Question 2

Withdrawing from a drug under medical supervision is called

a. body cleansing.
b. receptor withdrawal.
c. withdrawal stabilization.
d. detoxification.