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-Characterize the symptoms associated with: 1) illness anxiety disorder, 2) panic disorder, 3) somatic symptom disorder, and 4) germ specific phobia disorder. Describe areas of overlap among these three disorders and their distinguishing features. What role does anxiety play in the development and maintenance of each of these disorders? If different, how are the underlying anxiety issues addressed in the treatment of these disorders? Is it possible to distinguish conversion disorder from malingering? Provide an example of how this might be accomplished. On what basis would you classify fictitious disorder imposed on another (Munchausen Syndrome by proxy) as child abuse rather than as a factitious symptom disorder? Defend your response.

-Define negative reinforcement. Describe how negative reinforcement processes (i.e., avoidance) are believed to contribute to the maintenance of the anxiety disorders. How does negative reinforcement contribute to the maintenance of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders? If avoidance or escape (i.e., negative reinforcement processes) contribute to the maintenance of the anxiety disorders, what learning process contributed to the initial anxiety?

-Describe three of the cognitive vulnerabilities associated with the development of depression. Include in your response evidence indicating the significant role distorted cognitive schemas play in developing a mood disorder. How would an individual at high risk for depression and one at low risk for depression differ in how they would think, say, and act after a significant disappointment (e.g., failing an exam, breakup of a relationship).