Which situation best illustrates Beck's concept of overgeneralization in depressives?
a. When it rains on the day of the picnic, the host feels he should have scheduled it for another day.
b. When feeling great anger at his mother, a boy wonders what is wrong with her.
c. When a girl is complimented on her hair, she assumes that the person who complimented her was just showing pity for her.
d. A man burns the toast one morning at breakfast and concludes that he is a worthless father and husband.
Question 2Insa was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa when she was 13 years old. Based on this diagnosis, Insa is at higher risk for which of the following as an older adolescent?
a. substance abuse
b. bulimia
c. depression
d. all of the above
Question 3Which statement best illustrates Beck's explanation of depression?
a. Depression is primarily a problem in thinking.
b. Depression is related to lack of reinforcement
c. Depressives use internal and global causal attributions for negative events.
d. Depressives accurately appreciate the brutality of life.
Question 4It is not unusual for a child to be first diagnosed with anorexia nervosa at age 12 and then bulimia nervosa at age 18 . This is known as:
a. correlational connection.
b. crossover.
c. comorbidity.
d. misdiagnosis.
Question 5Negative thoughts, low self-esteem, and errors in thinking are all concepts central to which theory of depression?
a. biological c. operant
b. cognitive d. psychodynamic
Question 6Characteristics of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. an intense desire to be thin
b. a lack of interest in eating
c. weight loss
d. impaired psychosocial functioning
Question 7Dr. Lublin attributes depression to errors in thinking that result in pessimism, negative views of self, and feelings of hopelessness. Dr. Lublin is which kind of therapist?
a. cognitive c. behavioral
b. humanistic d. psychodynamic
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