People who consistently exhibit_________thinking are more vulnerable to depression than others.

Related Mcqs:

1. People with unipolar disorders experience________people with bipolar disorders are vulnerable to:

   A. alternating periods of depression and mania; mania only
   B. depression only; alternating periods of depression and mania
   C. mania only; alternating periods of depression and mania
   D. alternating periods of depression and mania; depression and mania simultaneously

2. After several months of psychoanalysis, Andy begins to feel intensely with his therapist,although the therapist has been consistently warm and supportive.Andy’s feelings are probably

   A. a result of sudden insight about some childhood experience
   B. a sign of an impending psychosis
   C. a result of free association
   D. a result of transference

3. The psychodynamic explanation of depression is ____________?

   A. Unconscious motives
   B. Poor parenting
   C. Chemical imbalance
   D. Anger turned inward

4. 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

5. 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

6. One difficulty with a purely attributional explanation of depression is that negative attributions:

   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

7. 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

8. 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.

9. Many people repeatedly go in and out of mental hospitals. Typically such people are released readmitted because________

   A. they have been stabilized through drug therapy; their condition deteriorates once again because of inadequate out patient care
   B. they run out of funds to pay for hospitalization, they once again can afford it
   C. they have been cured of their disorder, they develop another disorder
   D. they no longer want to be hospitalized; they voluntarily re-commit themselves

10. Zahid is 32 years old, well above average in intelligence, and quite charming. He has swindled several elderly people out of the their life savings, and he seems to have little feelings for his victims, nor does he fear the consequences of getting caught. His behaviour is evidence of: _____________?

    A. a dissociative disorder.
    B. obsessive-compulsive disorder.
    C. schizophrenia.
    D. a personality disorder.