The Psych 101 Series -- Anxiety 101 -- Contents -- Preface -- Anxiety 101 -- 1 Introduction -- WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED ANXIETY? -- Anxiety Versus Fear -- Trait Versus State Anxiety -- Facets of State Anxiety -- Normal Versus Clinical Anxiety -- General Versus Contextualized Anxiety -- ANXIETY: WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? -- FACETS OF ANXIETY: UNPACKING THE ANXIETY RESPONSE -- The Cognitive Facet -- The Affective/Somatic Facet -- The Behavioral Facet -- MAJOR FORMS OF ANXIETY IN MODERN SOCIETY -- Test Anxiety -- Math Anxiety -- Computer Anxiety -- Sports Anxiety -- Social Anxiety -- Terror-Related Anxiety and Trauma -- SUMMARY: KEY ISSUES IN ANXIETY RESEARCH -- 2 How Do We Best Assess Anxiety? -- SUBJECTIVE SCALES FOR MEASURING ANXIETY -- General Subjective Measures -- Anxiety in Context -- PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASURES OF ANXIETY -- Questionable Construct Validity -- Low Convergence of Physiological Measures -- Poor Reliability -- Response Specificity -- BEHAVIORAL MEASURES OF ANXIETY -- Implicit Anxiety Measures -- Performance Measures -- GENDER AND AGE DIFFERENCES -- Gender Differences -- Age Differences -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 3 Theories and Perspectives on Anxiety -- OF HISTORICAL INTEREST -- The Psychoanalytical Model -- Learning Models of Anxiety -- Drive Theory -- BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES -- Evolutionary Perspectives -- Functional Neurobiological Perspectives -- COGNITIVE MODELS -- Appraisal Theories -- State-Trait Interactional and Transactional Models of Anxiety -- Self-Control (Regulation) Model of Anxiety -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 4 What Are the Origins of Anxiety? -- SOME BASIC ISSUES -- Temperament in Children -- Longitudinal Studies -- Generational Effects -- HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT -- A Family Affair: Behavior Genetics Studies -- Molecular Genetics: DNA for Anxiety? -- Environmental Influences.

Anxiety as a Product of Genes and Environment -- Family Environment: How to Raise an Anxious Child -- Prenatal Maternal Environment -- Attachment Processes -- Child-Rearing Practices -- ANXIETY IN CONTEXT: THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT -- Competitive Climate -- Evaluative Orientation and Practice -- Social Comparisons -- History of Failure Experiences -- IN SUM -- 5 How Does Anxiety Affect Cognitive Outcomes? -- ANXIETY AND COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE -- Mediating Versus Moderating Factors -- THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES -- Information-Processing Models -- Attentional Control Theory -- Self-Regulative Theory of Anxiety -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 6 Does Intervention Help? -- NORMATIVE VERSUS PATHOLOGICAL ANXIETY -- Theoretical Conceptions of Pathological Anxiety -- Dynamics of Cognitive Vulnerability -- COPING WITH ANXIETY -- Effectiveness of Coping Strategies -- Stress Management and the Training of Coping Skills -- CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS -- Emotion-Focused Interventions -- Cognitively Oriented Interventions -- Metacognitive Interventions -- Pharmacotherapy -- CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 7 Looking Ahead to a Cognitive Science of Anxiety -- COGNITIVE MODELS OF ANXIETY AS STANDARD THEORY -- Origins of Anxiety -- Consequences of Anxiety -- Interventions -- TOWARD A COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF ­ANXIETY -- Cognitive Neuroscience -- Anxiety and Self-Knowledge -- CHALLENGES TO COGNITIVE THEORY -- Challenges in Measurement: What Are Questionnaires Missing? -- The Challenge from Embodiment: Is Anxiety a Somatic State? -- The Challenge from Animal Models: Is Human Anxiety Nothing Special? -- The Challenge from Social Psychology: Is Anxiety Personalized? -- CONCLUSIONS -- References -- Index.