Exam 16: Psychopathology in Childhood

Dr.McAshan is going to conduct a study where she uses computer software that stretches a human body image on either a horizontal or vertical axis.Participants will be able to alter the image on these dimensions until it fits with what they think they look like.Based on reading the existing research, Dr.McAshan hypothesizes:

Ross displays excessive levels of worry about a wide range of situations.He likely has:

Which of the following statements about eating disorders is true?

________ represents the separate genetic, affective, and cognitive factors that combine to create depression.

It is difficult to diagnose bipolar disorder in younger children as distinct from some other types of conditions.The textbook lists three conditions from which it is difficult to distinguish bipolar disorder in younger children.Which of the following is NOT one of these conditions?

Which of the following statements is true?

There are differences in the depressive behaviors of unipolar and bipolar depression.Compared to unipolar depression, bipolar depression is characterized by all the following characteristics EXCEPT:

Dr.Rogers is a pediatrician in the United States and Dr.Vittrup is a pediatrician in Germany.Which of the following statements is most likely?

Pammy has large uncontrolled eating binges.After these binges she makes herself vomit.These symptoms suggest Pammy may have:

All of the following are cognitive biases seen in anxious children EXCEPT:

Which of the following statements is true about gender differences in anxiety disorders?

The ________ hypothesis proposes that some individuals have a genetic or biological vulnerability that causes them to be more likely to show a disease when immersed in a stressful, negative environment.

Dr.Prabhakar wishes to study what the first year is like for autistic children.What challenges may she face and what strategies can she use to overcome these?

Allen is extremely afraid of spiders.His therapist exposes him repeatedly to images of spiders, toy spiders, and eventually real spiders in a manner that extinguishes any fear response.This is an example of a(n) ________ approach.

All of the following statements are true about depression EXCEPT:

Variations in genes that regulate serotonin show significant relations to anxiety when children are in families that have low levels of support, but not when they are in families that have high levels of support.This is an illustration of (the):

All of the following are main types of obsessive-compulsive disorder EXCEPT:

Marsha is 40 years old and Linda is 8 years old.Both visit the same psychiatrist.He considers a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder for each of them.In so doing, he:

Jeff swings between periods of lethargy and low affect to periods of high activity when he does not sleep.Based on these symptoms, Jeff likely has:

What has become the most widely used of all therapies?