Question 1

Which of the following is true regarding suicide?

Accepted Answer

A)   A social contagion, or spreading of suicide in a community rarely occurs in the wake of a suicide that received widespread publicity.
B)   Teenagers may romanticize a suicidal act as one of heroic courage.
C)   Copycat suicides are just an effort to garner attention by social outcasts.
D)   Copycat suicides are more likely with young persons with Twitter accounts.

Question 2

Describe the features of major depression.

Accepted Answer

Major depression, also known as clinical...

Question 3

Teenagers are the highest risk group for committing suicide.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Compare and contrast the psychodynamic and humanistic perspectives on mood disorders.

Accepted Answer

The psychodynamic perspective on mood di...

Question 5

Distorted, negative thinking tends to be experienced as occurring automatically.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The original learned helplessness model ______ the low self-esteem typical of people who are depressed and _______ the variations in the persistence of depression.

Accepted Answer

A)   fails to explain, does not account for
B)   explains, does not account for
C)   fails to explain, accounts for
D)   explains, accounts for

Question 7

Manic episodes, occurring with or without intervening episodes of depression, are labeled
bipolar disorder.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

A depressive disorder which often develops during childhood or adolescence, involves less severe symptoms than major depression, but has a longer lasting, more chronic pattern of
Development, and often results in sufferers being seen as "whiny" or "complaining" would be classified as _____in the DSM-5.

Accepted Answer

A)   dysthymic disorder
B)   cyclothymic disorder
C)   bipolar disorder
D)   persistent depressive disorder

Question 9

Research on interaction theory indicates that ______ may best explain why depressed people are often rejected by others.

Accepted Answer

A)   unrealistic demands by the depressed person
B)   a lack of social skills in the depressed person
C)   a lack of emotional energy in the depressed person
D)   insensitivity by those surrounding the depressed person

Question 10

The most common diagnosable mood disorder is ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   major depressive disorder
B)   bipolar disorder
C)   cyclothymia
D)   dysthymia

Question 11

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder symptoms occur in the week before menses and do not show improvement following the conclusion of the menstrual cycle.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Whites are about ______ as likely as Blacks to commit suicide.

Accepted Answer

A)   half
B)   equally
C)   twice
D)   four times

Question 13

An individual who routinely predicts that something bad is always about to happen even when there is no evidence to support this thinking is engaging in a type of cognitive distortion identified by David Burns as_______.

Accepted Answer

A)   mind reading
B)   fortune telling
C)   overgeneralizing
D)   weather forecasting

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