HPSSC Staff Nurse - 2021
Applied Psychology
Easy
An unpleasurable reaction to an imagined danger is?
Appeared in: HPSSC Staff Nurse - 2021
Explanation
- Anxiety is defined as an uneasy, fearful feeling or a sense of apprehension, often in response to a threat that is vague, distant, or imagined.
- Unlike fear, which is a response to a real and present danger, anxiety is future-oriented and relates to anticipated or potential threats.
- The question's phrase 'imagined danger' is the classic trigger for anxiety, as the source of distress is not a specific, external object but an internal feeling of dread.
Why Other Options Were Wrong
- Option A: Ambivalence refers to holding simultaneous conflicting feelings (e.g., love and hate) towards a person or object. It is not a reaction to danger.
- Option B: Apathy is the absence or suppression of emotion, interest, or concern. This is the opposite of an 'unpleasurable reaction,' which is an active emotional state.
- Option D: A phobia is an intense, irrational fear of a specific and identifiable object or situation (e.g., spiders, flying). The danger in the question is 'imagined' and non-specific.
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Clinical Relevance
- Nursing practice connection: This is primarily an exam-oriented knowledge point with limited direct bedside application, so retain Definitions of Affective and Anxiety-Related States as background academic context rather than a clinical decision trigger.
- Nurses must accurately differentiate between anxiety, fear, and phobias to provide appropriate psychosocial support. Reassuring a patient with anxiety is different from managing a patient's phobic panic attack.
- Recognizing signs of generalized anxiety is a key nursing skill, as it can manifest in physical symptoms like tachycardia, sweating, and restlessness, which could be mistaken for other medical conditions.
- What if the danger was real and immediate, such as a fire alarm going off in the hospital? The appropriate reaction would be 'fear,' not anxiety, as it is a response to a tangible, present threat.
How to Approach the Question
- First, break down the question stem. The key phrases are 'unpleasurable reaction' (a negative emotional state) and 'imagined danger' (the source of the emotion is not real or specific).
- Next, define each option in your mind. What is ambivalence? Apathy? Anxiety? Phobia?
- Evaluate each option against the keywords. 'Ambivalence' is about conflict, not danger. 'Apathy' is a lack of reaction.
- Compare the remaining two options: 'Anxiety' and 'Phobia'. The critical difference is the nature of the trigger.
- A phobia is tied to a specific trigger. Anxiety is tied to a vague or 'imagined' trigger. Therefore, anxiety is the best fit for the question.
- Select the option that most precisely matches the definition provided in the stem.
Concept Tested & Keywords
- Concept Tested: Definitions of Affective and Anxiety-Related States
- Stem keywords: unpleasurable reaction, imagined danger
- Lead-in keywords: is
Question ID
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Reference Book
E6 Robert Boland, Marcia L. Verduin - Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Text of Psychiatry-Wolters Kluwer Health (2024) (pp 1-16525 of 16525) p. 2817-2819
E6 Psychology Morgan King 9e Part 2 p. 254-256
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