A. are more characteristics of men than of women
B. are more clearly associated with mania than with depression
C. have little effect on people’s feelings of self-worth
D. may be a consequence rather than a cause of depression
Related Mcqs:
- The psychodynamic explanation of depression is ____________?
A. Unconscious motives
B. Poor parenting
C. Chemical imbalance
D. Anger turned inward - There is a correlation between the incidence of depression and the ___________?
A. Amount of sun light
B. Highway fatalities
C. Full moon
D. Flowers in bloom - What can be said about gender difference in depression?
A. Men and women have the same chance of depression
B. Men are 3 times as likely to be depressed as women
C. Women’s depression is more serve than men’s
D. Women are about twice as likely to suffer depression - Individuals who alternete between periods of depression and periods of being being manic are diagnosed as having a ___________?
A. bipolar disorder
B. conversion disorder
C. multiple personality disorder
D. generalized anxiety disorder - People who consistently exhibit_________thinking are more vulnerable to depression than others.
A. overly optimistic
B. negative, pressmistic
C. delusional
D. dysthymic - The vicious cycle of depression is often initiated by: _________?
A. stressful life experiences.
B. excessive levels of norepinephrine.
C. a breakdown in selective attention.
D. external attributions of blame. - We know that a distinction is made between positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. What is the difference between these symptoms?
A. Negative symptoms indicate the presence of something normal, and positive symptoms indicate the absence of something usual.
B. Positive symptoms indicate the presence of some thing normal, the absence of something usual.
C. Negative symptoms indicate the presence of something unusual, and positive symptoms indicate the absence of something normal.
D. Positive symptoms indicate the presence of something unusual, and negative symptoms indicate the absence of something normal. - In a study by David Rosenhan (1973) researchers were admitted as patients into various mental hospitals after they falsely claimed to be “hearing voices.” This study best illustrated the negative effects of: __________?
A. linkage analysis.
B. the medical model.
C. hallucinations.
D. diagnostic lobels - Which of the following is not a risk factor for suicide?
A. Depression
B. Substance abuse
C. Stressful events
D. Social support - Which of the following statements about dissociative identity disorder is true?
A. The original personality is always aware of the alternate personalities.
B. The alternate personalities are usually unaware of the original personality.
C. The personalities are typically all quite similar to one an other.
D. Starting in the 1970s, a dramatic increase occurred in the diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder.
