Question 1. Bipolar I disorder is characterized by

manic or mixed episodes

unipolar depression.

purging.

hypomania

Question 2. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) affects people at a predictable time of the year. Most people with SAD experience symptoms

as winter turns to spring.

as spring turns to summer.

as summer turns to fall.

as fall turns to winter.

Question 3. Persistent depressive disorder

is a form of mania.

is a milder form of unipolar depression.

does not affect children.

can only be diagnosed after being present for 9 months.

Question 4. In practice it can be very difficult to separate the symptoms of personality disorder from those of social phobia.

paranoid

avoidant

dependent

antisocial

Question 5. According to research presented in your textbook, women are about as likely as men to be diagnosed with depression.

twice

three times

four times

five times

Question 6. Bipolar II disorder is characterized by

major depressive episodes and at least one hypomanic episode

rapid cycling between mania and depression

co-morbidity

hypomania

Question 7. Which personality disorder is most appropriately associated with people who are overly submissive, to the point where they may act helpless to look after themselves and rely on the decisions of others?

negativistic personality disorder

histrionic personality disorder

dependent personality disorder

Bipolar personality disorder

Question 8. Which theory of abnormal personality may view mood disorders as a result of giving up trying to cope and reacting to life's problems with passivity?

Psychoanalytic Perspective

Cognitive Perspective

Behavioral Perspective

Learned Helplessness Perspective

Question 9. When considering major depressive disorders, this is the term used to describe the inability to experience pleasure is which of the following.

Melancholia

Anhedonia

Cyclothymic Disorder

Dysthemia

Question 10. According to the theorists and followers of this theory of personality, depression is considered to be related to the loss of relationships and often involves self-blame, feeling unwanted and worthless.

IPT

Psychoanalytic

Cognitive

Humanism

Question 11. When it comes to the topic of suicide, many people fall prey to many different myths. Which of the following is NOT a myth regarding suicide?

People rarely attempt suicide while in the depths of depression.

Suicidal people always want to die.

Only insane people contemplate suicide.

People who talk about suicide will never actually kill themselves.

Question 12. If a psychologist is treating someone and the patient tells the psychologist that he/she is actively

suicidal and ready to try to kill him/herself, the psychologist must

break client-therapist confidentiality and alert the proper authorities.

begin long-term psychoanalysis.

use reverse psychology and dare the client to make the attempt.

anesthetize the client to calm him down.

Question 13. An individual with a Cluster B disorder is often seen as

eccentric and odd.

self-absorbed, overly dramatic, and theatrical.

fearful and worried.

having hallucinations and delusions.

Question 14. Which personality disorder might come to mind when you think about a "conspiracy theorist" who always thinks that there is some foul plot occurring that is designed to harm or wrong them?

schizotypal personality disorder

paranoid personality disorder

schizoid personality disorder

autism spectrum disorder

Question 15. When a person has not responded to psychotherapy or medications to treat the symptoms of their depression, they may opt to undergo

psychosurgery.

heliotherapy.

electroconvulsive therapy.

EMDR.

Question 16. Describing people using a standard set of personality categories defines the approach to diagnosing personality disorders.

dimensional

exclusional

multiaxial

diathetical

Question 17. According to our text, is considered to be a possible explanation of the gender differences often found between the diagnosis of men and women in terms of depression?

the idea that men just don't get depressed

the idea that men are more likely to be diagnosed with substance abuse

the fact that clinicians' are not good at identifying depression

the fact that women have more to be sad about