Children who have
generalized anxiety disorder, or GAD,
experience constant, excessive, and uncontrollable
fears about any number of everyday things such as grades, family issues, performing well in sports, being on time, or even natural disasters.
Dogs who
experience a shock from an electronic collar following the warning beep, may
generalize the
fear of that sound to all mechanical beeping sounds, such as smoke alarms, timers, the microwave, etc..