A person engaged in palliative coping is primarily focused on: a) Solving the problem b) ...

A person engaged in palliative coping is primarily focused on:
 
  a) Solving the problem
  b) Soothing themselves
  c) Ruminating and obsessing about their problem
  d) Avoiding the problem

Question 2

Which of the following is suggested by an interpersonal theory of depression?
 
  a) Depressive behaviours are reinforced by others seeking to cheer up the individual.
  b) Interpersonal trauma leads to withdrawal and depression.
  c) Depressed people withdraw from social contact and, over time, lose social skills.
  d) Poor social skills both lead to and result from depression.

Question 3

One theory about the etiology of DID considers it to be learned social role enactment. All of the following beliefs are consistent with this theory EXCEPT:
 
  a) The alters appear in adulthood due to suggestions by a therapist
  b) DID is a conscious deception (or malingering)
  c) The issue is not how DID developed but how it is maintained
  d) None of the above; all are consistent with this theory

Question 4

Dysfunction in the ___________________ brain region has been linked to both OCD and Tourette's syndrome.
 
  a) basal ganglia
  b) corpus callosum
  c) hypothalamus
  d) cingulated gyrus

Question 5

The higher rate of the catatonic subtype of schizophrenia diagnosed in the early part of the century has been attributed to the following:
 
  a) The symptoms were actually caused by side effects of electroconvulsive therapy.
  b) Patients with the catatonic subtype are now diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder.
  c) Patients with other disorders, such as sleeping sickness, were being misdiagnosed with schizophrenia.
  d) Deinstitutionalization has resulted in catatonic schizophrenics living in the community, where they are less likely to be identified and diagnosed.