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The consequences of a disorder that help keep it going once it begins are called:

• precipitating causes.

• medical students' disease.

• predisposing causes.

• perpetuating causes.

Willy was born with a genetic tendency toward depression. However, it wasn't until Willy's wife divorced him that he suffered symptoms that were diagnosed as major depression. Willy's divorce was a(n) _____ cause of his depression.

• perpetuating.

• precipitating.

• predisposing.

• intensifying.

Bipolar I is different from bipolar II in that bipolar I:

• is less severe.

• has true manic episodes.

• is more common in society.

• is more genetically heritable.

According to the hopelessness theory of depression, depression-prone individuals tend to attribute their negative experiences to causes that are:

• stable and specific.

• unstable and specific.

• stable and global.

• unstable and global.

A false sensory perception such as hearing or seeing things that aren't actually there is known as a(n):

• anxiety.

• delusion.

• premonition.

• hallucination.

False beliefs held in the face of compelling evidence to the contrary are called​ (a)   and are among the major symptoms of schizophrenia.

Analise completely avoids walking on anything but paved surfaces outdoors because she has an intense fear of grasshoppers. Her fear of grasshoppers is irrational and powerful. Analise is MOST likely to be diagnosed with:

• generalized anxiety disorder.

• obsessive-compulsive disorder.

• agoraphobia.

• a phobia.

Pair and Share: What is an evolutionary reason why some stimuli are more easily conditioned than others (e.g., a flower vs. a spider)?

A disturbing thought that intrudes repeatedly on a person's consciousness even though the person recognizes it as irrational is called a(n):

• obsession.

• phobia.

• compulsion.

• dissociation.

Which statement is true about a valid system of diagnosis?

• The system has been used for generations without much change.

• The diagnoses are determined through a series of questioning.

• The system yields the same results for every patient.

• The diagnoses are based off research showing clinically significant usefulness.