Exam 7: Mood Disorders and Suicide

Recent research on biological factors of depression show evidence for which of the following?

According to David Burns, a depressed individual who is dismissive of congratulations for a job well done and thinks "Oh, it's no big deal. Anyone could have done it," is engaging in the cognitive distortion of _______.

According to Lewinsohn, the low rate of activity typical of depressed individuals may also be a source of _________.

A cognitive distortion in which one interprets feelings and events based on emotions rather than a fair consideration of the evidence is known as ______.

Learning perspectives tend to focus on ______ that contribute to depression.

Antidepressant drugs have been designed to increase levels of serotonin and ______.

To be diagnosed with a major depressive episode, one experiences either depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure in all things for a period of at least ______.

Discuss the incidence of suicide in terms of who is most at risk and why.

Existential and humanistic theorists see suicide as a reaction to ______.

There is no clear research evidence to support Freud's notion that self-directed anger is a cause of depression.

People in a manic episode generally experience which of the following?

According to the self-focusing model, depression occurs when an individual pursues love objects or goals it would be more adaptive to surrender.

Freud believed that mourning over the loss of a loved one was a pathological process.

The famous American author who described his severe depression in Darkness Visible was ______.

Eric goes on a disastrous date. Afterwards he says "Some couples just don't hit it off!" His statement reflects a(n) ______ attribution.

Leo goes on a disastrous date. Afterwards he says "What an awful time! I guess she was just in a bad mood!" His statements reflect ______ attributions.

Seligman's original learned helplessness model was one of the first to account for the low self- esteem that is typical of depression.

Nolan-Hoeksema proposed that men are less prone to depression because they know how to ______.

Disorders such as cyclothymia are ______ in nature.

Seligman developed his learned helplessness model after observing the behavior of dogs initially denied an avenue of escape from electric shock but later given access to escape.