Endorsing the item I've been giving up the attempt to cope would likely lead to a high score on the _____________ scale from the COPE.
a) restraint
b) suppression of competing activities
c) behavioural disengagement
d) denial
Question 2What diagnosis is most appropriate for Nicole? She is constantly concerned with symmetry, often spending hours arranging items in her room so that the room appears even on the left and right.
She also feels that when she eats, the items on the plate must be arranged symmetrically. All of this effort interferes with her work.
a) Obsessive-compulsive disorder
b) Specific phobia
c) Generalized anxiety disorder
d) Agoraphobia
Question 3According to Marlene Moretti of Simon Frasier University, how do depressed and non-depressed people differ in terms of cognitive processing?
a) Depressed people are less able to access positive information about themselves and others.
b) Depressed people are less able to access positive information about themselves but not about others.
c) Depressed people more easily access all self-relevant information.
d) There are no significant differences in the cognitive processing of depressed and non-depressed individuals.
Question 4The Smith et al. (1980 ) meta-analysis of psychotherapy outcome studies concluded that:
a) Therapies differ substantially in their effectiveness
b) Treated patients are usually better off than control patients not receiving treatment
c) Placebo effects are as strong as treatment effects
d) All of the above