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Poor health is best described as a:

In the face of fear, someone is unable to concentrate and develops a distorted view of the world. This person is showing which of the following fear responses?

A student who turns pale and feels nauseated when called on to speak in class is experiencing a(n) ______ response to stress.

The part of the body that releases hormones into the bloodstream is the ______ system.

In response to a threat, we perspire, breathe more quickly, get goose bumps, and feel nauseated. These responses are controlled by the:

Imagine that you just had a “close call” while driving, but now you feel your body returning to normal. Which part of your nervous system is controlling this return to normalcy?

The flight-or-fight system is controlled first by the:

The gland that produces a hormone that is involved in the reaction to fearful and stressful situations is the:

Which of the following accurately describes the sympathetic nervous system pathway of the stress response?

I am generally a calm, relaxed person. If you are generally a tense, excitable person, we differ in:

Some people are stimulated by exciting, potentially dangerous activities that terrify others. These varying reactions represent differences in:

Posttraumatic stress disorders:

A pattern of anxiety, insomnia, depression, and flashbacks that begins shortly after a horrible event and persists for less than a month is called:

Which of the following is the best example of “reduce responsiveness” as it relates to posttraumatic stress disorder?

Which of the following does not characterize stress disorders?

Which of the following is the most common experience for a veteran of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars?

What proportion of women are the victims of rape at some point during their lives?

A torture victim who is subjected to threats of death, mock executions, and degradation is experiencing what type of torture?

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between biology and stress?

A combat veteran undergoing “eye movement desensitization and reprocessing” is experiencing which general form of therapy?

A 35-year-old woman hobbles into the office of a physician complaining of a debilitating illness that has robbed her of the use of her left leg and right arm. The physician finds no physical basis for her symptoms. She appears totally unaware that the cause of her symptoms may be psychological. The diagnosis would be:

Conversion disorders most often appear in:

If a person complains of a wide variety of physical symptoms over a period of time in the absence of a physical basis for the symptoms, the diagnosis would likely be:

The heart patient complained of adhesions from the scar, leg cramps, and joint stiffness. He seemed to be hurting all over, but no medical reason could be found to explain the symptoms. The best diagnosis for this disorder is:

Which of the following is likely to be useful in distinguishing hysterical somatoform disorders from true medical problems?

Which of the following is an example of malingering?

A person appeared at the emergency room complaining of bloody diarrhea. When examined further, it was found that the person was intentionally creating the diarrhea through use of laxatives and anticoagulant medication, and liked being a patient. This person is most likely experiencing:

Someone who has Munchausen syndrome, also by definition, has:

Which of the following is a primary characteristic of an individual with Munchausen syndrome by proxy?

If a person were experiencing numerous physical complaints, visiting doctors frequently, and expressed great concern about normal bodily symptoms, one would most likely suspect:

People who become preoccupied with some imagined or exaggerated defect in their appearance suffer from a:

Dysmorphophobia is a somatoform disorder characterized by:

The chief criticism of the behavioral and psychodynamic explanations for the maintenance of hysterical disorders is that:

A cognitive theorist would be most likely to say which of the following about hysterical disorders?

Albert had finally had enough of his inability to walk, and he went to a psychologist who told him there was nothing medically wrong. This therapy was based on:

Dissociative disorders:

In the most common type of dissociative amnesia, a person loses memory for:

Dissociative fugue states affect ______ memory but not ______ memory.

Someone who is experiencing “doubling” is:

Research suggests that which of the following people would be most immune to developing a stress disorder following trauma?

A state of breathless euphoria, or frenzied energy, in which people have an exaggerated belief in their power describes:

The key emotions in mood disorders are:

Which of the following is the least common form of a mood disorder?

Which of the following would be an emotional symptom of depression?

Which of the following would be a motivational symptom of depression?

The experience of a lack of desire to engage in sexual activity with one's spouse would be considered a(n) ______ symptom of depression.

Having frequent headaches is a(n) ______ symptom of depression.

To be classified as having a major depressive episode, depression must last for a period of at least:

Since immediately after the birth of her son, Maria has experienced a period of sadness that interferes with her ability to take care of him. She has never felt this way before, but this has been going on for several weeks. With what type of major depression would she most likely be diagnosed?

If a biochemical imbalance were the cause of a person's depression, the latest research would lead us to expect that person to have:

According to Freudian theory, depression results in part from:

Which of the following people is showing introjection?

Seasonal affective disorder is thought to be due to:

Behaviorists explain the downward spiral of depression by theorizing that:

Cognitive theorists explain depression in terms of a person's:

Which of the following is not true of the correlation between marital status and depression?

People experiencing mania:

The difference between bipolar I disorder and bipolar II disorder is

A 12-year-old middle-school European-American girl from a middle-class socioeconomic background has been diagnosed with bipolar I disorder. Which of her characteristics is most unusual for those with bipolar I disorder diagnosis?

In the “permissive theory” of mood disorders, low ______ activity opens the door to a mood disorder and permits other neurotransmitters to define the form of the disorder.

Which of the following are people most likely to do to improve their mood?

A therapist using free association and dream interpretation discovers that as a small child her patient had been left alone by her mother on several occasions, and concludes that the patient is experiencing unipolar depression. The therapist is most likely from which orientation?

Which statement about the treatment of mood disorders is the least accurate?

From whom are depressed people most likely first to seek help?

If your therapist tried to reintroduce you to pleasurable activities, reinforced nondepressive actions, and improved your social skills, your therapist would be using:

Which of the following is a correct match of person and approach?

In cognitive behavior therapy, the process of altering or challenging primary attitudes is similar to:

Typically, people who are in the loss and separation stage of grief:

Which of the following is the best example of interpersonal role transition?

A person who displays extreme shyness and insensitivity to others is showing signs of:

About what percentage of people receiving treatment for depression are in dysfunctional relationships?

Today, electroconvulsive therapy:

Which patient group was the first treated with ECT?

If you had high blood pressure, you would want to be especially careful when using:

Apparently tricyclics work by:

Psychodynamic therapy is to loss as interpersonal therapy is to:

Of the following, the treatment that is the most effective with different types of depression is:

The major present-day indication for the use of ECT as a treatment for depression is:

There has been a significant increase in the number of physicians prescribing antidepressants in the past few decades:

The result of “publication bias” with respect to antidepressant medication is that consumers will think antidepressant medication is:

About how many deaths occur by suicide each year around the world?

What is a parasuicide?

Ignoring fatigue, a driver finally falls asleep at the wheel, crashes, and dies. The driver's death would most accurately be described as:

In his definition of suicide, Schneidman includes all of the following factors except that it:

What is the critical way in which the death seeker differs from the death darer, according to Shneidman? Death seekers:

Bobby plays chicken by aiming his car at a bridge abutment, then veering off at the last second. Bobby is an example of what Shneidman refers to as a:

What is the critical way in which death initiators differ from other categories, according to Shneidman?

Retrospective analysis involves:

At the time of the suicide, a suicide victim was receiving psychotherapy, and left a clear suicide note. This suicide victim is:

Which of the following statements is most accurate about the relationship between religion and suicide?

Which of the following is most likely to be associated with suicide risk?

What is the cause of death in the majority of male suicides in the United States?

Commonly observed triggers for suicide include all of the following except:

Which of the following is true regarding war veterans' risk of suicide once they return home?

All of the following are examples of immediate stress except:

Which of the following people would be at greatest risk of suicide?

A person who sees life in “right or wrong” “all or none” terms is engaging in:

An increase in which emotion is most often linked to suicide?

Who of the following is most at risk for suicide?

Research indicates that suicides by people with schizophrenia are in response to:

What kind of theory is Durkheim's theory of suicide?

Altruistic suicide is most likely to occur in a country that:

Biological researchers have found a link between suicide and:

The “typical” child who commits suicide is a:

Which of the following is true?

A developing body of research shows that antidepressant use in children and adolescents:

Most theories which seek to explain why the rate of teenage suicide is increasing focus on:

Treatment for suicide attempters:

A typical caller to an urban suicide prevention center is:

The most helpful explanation for suicide, particularly regarding the general background factors and triggers of suicides, comes from the ______ perspective.