Which of the following is a component of the depressive cognitive triad?
A. Interpreting ongoing experiences in a negative light.
B. Pessimistic thoughts about the future.
C. Negative thoughts about oneself.
D. all of the above
Question 2Depressed patients in one study were asked to recall personal experiences associated with words from a list. The researchers found patients were more likely to recall unhappy experiences when feeling particularly depressed. This finding supports which concept?
A. Learned helplessness
B. Negative schema
C. Explanatory style
D. Locus of control
Question 3Depressed and nondepressed participants in one study were given a list of words to recall. The researchers found
A. the nondepressed participants recalled more words.
B. the depressed participants recalled more words.
C. the depressed participants recalled more depression related words, but the nondepressed participants recalled more of the other words.
D. differences between the two groups of participants only when the depressed participants knew what the researchers were looking for.
Question 4According to the cognitive approach to depression, processing information through the negative schema causes people to
A. become depressed.
B. generate even more depressing thoughts.
C. ignore positive information.
D. all of the above
Question 5Researchers asked participants in one study to take photographs to indicate how the participants thought of themselves. The women in the study were more likely than the men to take pictures of themselves that included other people. The findings support the notion that, compared to men, women
A. are more dependent on other people.
B. have a larger network of friends.
C. are more maturesocially.
D. are more likely to develop an interdependent self-construal.