The psychodynamic explanation of depression is ____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. In terms of the early parent-child relationship in the development of mental illness, which of the following accurately explains how contemporary psychodynamic models differ to that of Freud?

   A. Contemporary models focus more on interpersonal relationships than on intrapsychic conflict.
   B. Contemporary models focus on the unconscious internal desires and motivations of the child.
   C. Contemporary models focus on how the child negotiates his/her unconscious internal desires and motivations as s/he progresses through the early relationship with his/her parents.
   D. None of the above.

3. A psychodynamic therapist is most likely to: _____________?

   A. suggest interpretive insights regarding patients’ difficulties.
   B. help patients identify a hierarchy of anxiety-arousing experiences.
   C. associate patients’ undesirable behaviors with unpleasant consequences.
   D. recommend the use of antipsychotic drugs during the process of psychotherapy.

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. 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

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

   A. overly optimistic
   B. negative, pressmistic
   C. delusional
   D. dysthymic

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. The use of the anxiety hierarchy in systematic desensitization allows for the ____________?

   A. transfer of treatment to real-life situations
   B. direct confrontation with the feared object
   C. use of virtual reality to confront the fear
   D. gradual approach to the feared object

10. Counterconditioning techniques were derived from principles first developed by:____________?

    A. B.F. Skinner
    B. Sigmund Freud.
    C. Carl Rogers.
    D. Ivan Pavlov