Liam experiences severe physiological anxiety symptoms, such as a racing heart and shaking hands, before presenting musical performances. His doctor prescribes a class of drug that acts directly on his cardiovascular system to reduce these physical symptoms rather than altering brain chemistry directly.
Identify this class of drug and outline its mechanism of action in managing stress.
Practise AQA A Level Psychology Stress with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 100 questions covering Physiology of stress, Role of stress in illness, Sources of stress, Measuring stress, Individual differences in stress, and Managing and coping with stress, matched to the AQA A Level Psychology (7182) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.