There is a correlation between the incidence of depression and the ___________?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. The psychodynamic explanation of depression is ____________?

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

3. 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

4. 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

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

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Chantel’s four children were killed in an automobile accident,which Chantel survived.When police her about the events surrounding the accident, Chantel is unable to remember anything. She remembers getting into her car to drive her children to school,and she remembers her trip by ambulance to the local hospital, but everything in between is a complete “blank.” in this case, Chantel’s symptoms are MOST consistent with ___________?

   A. panic disorder
   B. conversion disorder
   C. generalized anxiety disorder
   D. dissociative amnesia

9. The rise of Western individualism appears most clearly responsible for an increase in: ___________?

   A. obsessive-compulsive disorder.
   B. personality disorders.
   C. phobias.
   D. depression.

10. Evidence suggests that prenatal viral infections contribute to: ___________?

    A. dissociative disorders.
    B. generalized anxiety disorders.
    C. bipolar disorders.
    D. schizoprenia