Question 1

Write a coherent and informative paragraph incorporating each of the following terms or concepts: PTSD; fear conditioning; extinction; behavioral sensitization; glucocorticoids.

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Question 2

Which drug, when used at high doses, produces a psychotic state akin to paranoid schizophrenia?

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A)  LSD 
B)  Heroin 
C)  Amphetamine 
D)  Aspirin

Question 3

Describe the learned helplessness model and how it has helped in the understanding of depression.

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Question 4

_______ is a gene that was discovered in a large Scottish family in which many members have schizophrenia.

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Question 5

The drug Valium is a type of _______ and belongs to the drug class called _______.

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A)  phenothiazine; antidepressants 
B)  opiate; hallucinogen 
C)  selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; anxiolytics 
D)  benzodiazepine; anxiolytics

Question 6

Many of the genes that increase the risk of _______ also increase the risk of schizophrenia.

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Question 7

In normal subjects, the dexamethasone

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A)  increases levels of circulating cortisol. 
B)  suppresses cortisol levels. 
C)  produces major peak periods of cortisol secretion. 
D)  enhances the release of ACTH.

Question 8

A movement disorder produced by traditional antipsychotic drugs, called _______, is characterized by repetitive, involuntary movements.

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A)  tardive dyskinesia 
B)  supersensitive dyskinesia 
C)  neuroleptic ataxia 
D)  neuroleptic dyskinesia

Question 9

Discuss the differences in prevalence and symptomatology of schizophrenia compared with bipolar disorder, and review what the evidence suggests regarding a heritable component to each of the diseases.

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Question 10

When Karla's antipsychotic medication was reduced, she displayed an exaggerated psychosis, called _______, that is thought to be the consequence of the up-regulation of receptors that occurred during the time she was on the medication.

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A)  tardive dyskinesia 
B)  supersensitivity dyskinesia 
C)  D2 reactive disorder 
D)  supersensitivity psychosis

Question 11

The drug Prozac is an example of a

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A)  tricyclic. 
B)  benzodiazepine. 
C)  selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. 
D)  monoamine oxidase inhibitor.

Question 12

U.S. government surveys show that each year, more than _______ of American adults experience at least one episode of clinically significant depression.

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A)  7% 
B)  14% 
C)  20% 
D)  50%

Question 13

The _______ model of depression involves a repetitive stressful stimulus, such as electric shock, from which there is no escape.

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Question 14

Phenothiazines _____

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A)  Schizophrenia 
B)  Anxiety 
C)  Depression 
D)  Bipolar disorder

Question 15

_______ pregnant women experience(s) depression immediately preceding or following childbirth.

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A)  One out of every 10 
B)  One out of every 7 
C)  About 50% of 
D)  Almost all

Question 16

Benzodiazepine drugs have which effect on GABA synapses?

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A)  Complete blocking of inhibition 
B)  Enhancement of GABA-mediated inhibition 
C)  Enhancement of GABA-mediated excitation 
D)  Reduction of chloride permeability

Question 17

Describe the sleep characteristics of severely depressed people and the significance of these findings for the treatment of depression.

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Question 18

_____ 10. Anxiolytics

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