The hopelessness theory of depression is predicated on
a) depression resulting from previous helplessness situations.
b) biological features of depression resulting in negative attributions.
c) a return to the animal lab to further understand factors leading to depression.
d) cognitive diatheses that lead to negative attributions.
Question 2In thought-action-fusion, the person with this characteristic blurs the distinction between:
a) The obsession and the compulsion
b) Thinking about an event and reacting as if it has occurred
c) The negative expression and the positive expression of emotional feelings
d) None of the above
Question 3In creating the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations, Endler and Parker significantly extended the focus of past coping research by assessing coping differences as reflections of:
a) Situational factors
b) Personality factors
c) Cultural factors
d) Social factors
Question 4Harvey has bizarre ideas, believing, for example, that his arms are decomposing.
He has frequent hallucinations in which he sees his arms losing flesh and believes this is punishment for having brushed up against a strange woman in a store several years before. Harvey has completely neglected his personal hygiene, never bathing or putting on clean clothes. He seems unaware of what is going on around him, frequently laughing and giggling for no apparent reason. Which of the following diagnoses would best fit Harvey?
a) Undifferentiated schizophrenia
b) Paranoid schizophrenia
c) Disorganized schizophrenia
d) Catatonic schizophrenia
Quick Reply
