Fear Generalization and Anxiety: Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms
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1Give the reader (me) a general background on the topic you chose by constructing a brief introduction.
2. Take at least one point from three studies that were done that are directly related to the topic you introduced. This description does not have to be extremely detailed. Remember the papers on the coffee experiment and the bobo doll? They just presented a vague picture of the experiments but you could still get a good sense of what was done. Try to present your studies similarly.
3. Critique the studies you presented (i.e. are the conclusions presented reasonable from the results the researchers got?) and offer some insight or future directions for a study. If you want you could simply state any questions you have pertaining to the topic you introduced and what might be done to answer those questions. Just provide some kind conclusion with respect to your write up.
So the paper must have:
Title page
Abstract
Three pages doubles spaced addressing the three guidelines
Reference page
Title running header – top left of each page
Page numbers – top right of each page
these are the peer review articles i found but not all the information has to come from these
Digital Media, Anxiety and Depression in Children Nov. 2017
Fear Generalization and Anxiety: Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms Sep. 2015
Sample Solution
Fear generalization is a phenomenon where an individual’s fear of certain stimuli is extended to similar, but unfamiliar, stimuli. It is an important aspect of anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and phobias in that it can lead to an individual becoming more anxious or fearful upon exposure to potentially threatening stimuli. This occurs due to the activation of neural circuits associated with fear memory which are triggered by the new stimulus and cause the individual’s fear response to increase even if they have not encountered that particular object or situation before.
The behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying fear generalization are still largely unknown although studies suggest it involves both conscious and unconscious processes; this means that while some aspects may be consciously controlled such as intentionally avoiding triggering objects/situations, other aspects like automatic responses occur without much thought on part of the person experiencing them (Gros et al., 2018). In addition recent research has begun exploring how different factors such as reward history or learning style can influence one’s levels of fear generalization thereby providing insight into how individuals differ when exposed to similar threats (Floyed & Rescorla, 2017).
By looking closer at these underlying mechanisms researchers hope gain a better understanding of anxiety disorders so that treatments may become more tailored for each patient instead relying on one-size-fits-all approaches. Such knowledge could also help uncover why some people appear more susceptible than others when faced with potential threats; this would provide useful information for those tasked with helping individuals who suffer from severe debilitating anxieties as well as those trying to prevent these conditions from occurring in the first place.
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