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Which feature best distinguishes Bipolar I from Bipolar II?
Presence of hypomanic episodes only
Presence of full manic episodes
Presence of major depressive episodes only
Absence of any mood episodes
A hypomanic episode differs from a manic episode in that it:
Lasts longer than one week
Causes severe impairment in functioning
Does not require hospitalization
Always includes psychotic features
In Bipolar II disorder, the most impairing phase is typically:
Hypomania
Mania
Depression
Psychosis
Which symptom would most likely be observed in a manic episode?
Low mood
Fatigue
Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity
Slowed thinking
Which of the following is not characteristic of Bipolar II disorder?
Presence of hypomanic episodes
Major depressive episodes
Full manic episodes
Episodes lasting at least two weeks
The term 'rapid cycling' in bipolar disorder means:
The individual experiences daily mood swings
Four or more mood episodes in a year
Switching moods multiple times a day
Alternating between mania and psychosis
Covert sensitization involves:
Pairing an unwanted behaviour with an unpleasant imagined consequence
Gradually exposing the client to real feared stimuli
Using medication to suppress anxiety
Pairing relaxation with feared stimuli
In imaginal desensitization, the client:
Visualizes the feared situation while remaining relaxed
Is exposed to real-life triggers
Experiences an electric shock to discourage a behaviour
Is given medication during the procedure
The goal of covert sensitization is to:
Strengthen positive associations
Create aversion to maladaptive behaviour
Increase tolerance to anxiety
Desensitize to fear responses
Imaginal desensitization is often used when:
Real-life exposure is impossible or unsafe
The phobia is mild
The patient refuses to use imagery
The patient prefers medication
During covert sensitization, what typically follows the undesired thought in the client’s imagination?
Relaxation exercise
Positive imagery
A negative consequence or aversive scene
Real-life rehearsal
Both covert sensitization and imaginal desensitization rely on:
Classical conditioning
Operant reinforcement
Psychoanalysis
Group therapy
The first stage of CBT typically involves:
Challenging core beliefs
Building a therapeutic relationship and psychoeducation
Practising exposure
Assigning behavioural experiments
The term 'cognitive restructuring' refers to:
Recording automatic thoughts
Avoiding triggers
Using medication to stabilise mood
Increasing relaxation responses
Which of the following is not a common element of CBT sessions?
Setting homework
Identifying cognitive distortions
Free association
Behavioural activation
What technique helps clients test their irrational beliefs in real situations?
Behavioural experiments
Role play
Aversion therapy
Mindfulness meditation
What is the primary focus of CBT?
Changing unconscious drives
Altering thought patterns and behaviours
Recalling repressed memories
Analysing childhood trauma
In Sensky et al. (2000), CBT for schizophrenia targeted:
Negative symptoms and unhelpful beliefs
Delusions using ECT
Medication management
Family therapy strategies
The PG-YBOCS is used to assess:
Gambling severity
Depression
Phobic avoidance
Psychotic symptoms
What type of data does the PG-YBOCS provide?
Nominal
Ordinal
Interval
Categorical
A high PG-YBOCS score indicates:
Low gambling urges
Severe gambling-related obsessions and compulsions
Reduced risk of relapse
Improved impulse control
Which aspect is not measured by the PG-YBOCS?
Time spent gambling
Interference with daily life
Suicidal ideation
Urges to gamble
The PG-YBOCS is administered through:
A self-report questionnaire
A clinician-administered interview
An online survey
Behavioural observation
The BIPI primarily measures:
Compulsive gambling
Phobic reactions
Manic symptoms
Depressive beliefs
Which of the following is a strength of the BIPI?
It relies on self-rating scales
It allows detailed exploration of fear triggers
It focuses only on cognitive symptoms
It is an observational method
What type of reliability is most relevant to the BIPI?
Inter-rater reliability
Split-half reliability
Temporal stability
Face validity
Which of the following is not assessed in the BIPI?
Physiological symptoms
Avoidance behaviour
Psychotic delusions
Cognitive responses
The GAD-7 is used to assess:
Severity of anxiety symptoms
Cognitive distortions
Panic attacks only
Psychotic features
What score range on the GAD-7 typically indicates moderate anxiety?
0–4
5–9
10–14
15–21
A limitation of the GAD-7 is that it:
Is too long for clinical use
Cannot be used with adolescents
Relies on self-report, which may reduce validity
Measures depression rather than anxiety
An automatic process which develops as a result of early life experiences through the development of schemas.
Cognitive restructuring
Cognitive distortions
Cognitive dissonance
Cognitive processing
A pattern of thought which organises categories of information and the relationships among them.
Schemas
Heuristics
Scripts
Mental sets
Drawing conclusions without sufficient evidence.
Arbitrary inference
Overgeneralisation
Selective abstraction
Personalisation
Selecting only favourable evidence that supports one’s belief and ignoring contrary information.
Selective thinking
Confirmation bias
Cognitive distortion
Faulty attribution
Applying one experience and generalising it to all future experiences.
Overgeneralisation
Selective abstraction
Personalisation
Minimisation
Thinking the worst of a situation or expecting the most negative outcome.
Catastrophising
Magnification
Rationalisation
Dichotomous thinking
Making an issue about one’s own faults rather than general circumstances.
Personalisation
Selective abstraction
Catastrophising
Minimisation
Researcher who proposed that people may develop depression through learned helplessness.
Seligman (1988)
Beck (1967)
Ellis (1962)
Rosenhan (1973)
The theory that people may stop trying to escape negative situations if they believe their actions make no difference.
Learned helplessness
Attribution theory
Cognitive triad
Locus of control
The cognitive process by which an individual explains the causes of behaviour and events.
Attribution
Rationalisation
Interpretation
Evaluation
The aim of Seligman’s (1988) study was to find out how well __________ could predict depressive symptoms.
Unipolar and bipolar participants in Seligman’s (1988) study showed more pessimistic attributional styles than the control group.
True
False
A standardised self-report questionnaire used to assess symptoms of depression.
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Hamilton Anxiety Scale
Yale-Brown Obsessive Scale
Rosenhan Rating Scale
MAOIs (Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors) are a type of:
Antidepressant
Antipsychotic
Mood stabiliser
Benzodiazepine
Antidepressant that blocks the enzyme monoamine oxidase, allowing neurotransmitters to remain longer in the synapse and continue acting on the postsynaptic neuron.
MAOI
SSRI
SNRI
Tricyclic
Antidepressant that prevents the reuptake of serotonin by the presynaptic neuron, increasing serotonin activity at the postsynaptic neuron.
SSRI
MAOI
Tricyclic
SNRI
Which therapy is based on the idea that it is our beliefs about events, not the events themselves, that cause emotional distress?
Beck Depression Inventory
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT)
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)
In Ellis’s ABC model, what does ‘A’ stand for?
Affective response
Activating event
Automatic thought
Attitude adjustment
Which of the following involves changing key irrational attitudes and beliefs through the ABC technique?
Beck’s cognitive triad
REBT
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Behavioural activation
Which study conducted a meta-analysis of 70 REBT studies and found significant improvement compared to control groups?
Lyon and Woods (1991)
Beck and Freeman (1990)
Ellis and Dryden (1987)
Freud and Jung (1910)
What term describes an environmental or mood cue that activates the memory of a behaviour linked with strong emotions?
Trigger event
Positive reinforcement
Mood induction
Relapse factor
What concept explains why individuals with ICDs continue the behaviour even when aware it is harmful?
Reduced dopamine
Lack of insight
Overcompensation
Cognitive dissonance
Which of the following is a strength of the Feeling-State Theory (FST)?
Recognises both positive and negative emotions in ICDs
Ignores emotional differences between disorders
Focuses only on behavioural conditioning
Overlooks biological explanations
Which statement reflects a strength of the FST?
It explains why people persist with ICDs despite knowing the harm
It ignores emotional and cognitive factors
It applies only to kleptomania
It lacks testable evidence
Which is a weakness of the FST?
Overly holistic
Too deterministic
Fails to account for individual differences
Neglects biological mechanisms
Which statement represents a weakness of the FST?
Treats all ICDs as stemming from the same emotion–behaviour link
Recognises the diversity of emotional responses
Integrates biological and social factors
Acknowledges positive emotional triggers
What does the K-SAS measure?
Impulses, thoughts, and behaviours linked to stealing
Aggressive outbursts and anger management
Levels of serotonin in compulsive individuals
Frequency of depressive episodes
What is the scoring system used in the K-SAS?
Each item rated 0–4, with higher scores showing greater severity
Each item rated 1–10 based on intensity
Self-reported categories of ‘mild’, ‘moderate’, or ‘severe’
Researcher-observed behavioural checklists
Which statement describes a strength of the K-SAS?
Demonstrates strong test–retest reliability
Includes only behavioural measures
Relies heavily on open-ended data
Is only useful for group comparisons
Which finding supports the validity of the K-SAS?
It correlates well with the CGI scale
It uses ambiguous response options
It lacks concurrent measures
It cannot differentiate between ICDs
What is a weakness of the K-SAS?
Participants may not recall behaviour accurately
It provides both qualitative and quantitative data
The measure is too open-ended
Responses are always verified by clinicians
Which of the following is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?
Hallucination
Avolition
Flat affect
Poverty of speech
Which of the following is a negative symptom of schizophrenia?
Avolition
Hallucination
Grandiose delusion
Disorganised speech
What type of delusion involves exaggerated self-importance or power?
Grandiose delusion
Persecutory delusion
Delusion of reference
Somatic delusion
What were the aims of Freeman et al. (2003)?
To investigate persecutory ideation in VR environments
To test the effectiveness of CBT in psychosis
To compare dopamine levels between groups
To assess gender differences in VR navigation
What was one of the hypotheses of Freeman et al.?
A small number of participants with no history of mental illness would experience persecutory ideation in VR
Only those with diagnosed schizophrenia would show paranoia
VR exposure would reduce anxiety
All participants would experience delusions
What was the sample used in Freeman et al. (2003)?
12 males and 12 females
8 males and 8 females
20 males and 4 females
24 males only
What conclusion did Freeman et al. reach?
VR can be used to safely study persecutory ideation in a controlled environment
Only individuals with schizophrenia experience paranoia
VR increases delusional thinking in all participants
Environmental factors have no role in paranoia
Applying one experience and generalising it to all future experiences.
Overgeneralisation
Selective abstraction
Personalisation
Minimisation
Thinking the worst of a situation or expecting the most negative outcome.
Catastrophising
Magnification
Rationalisation
Dichotomous thinking
Making an issue about one’s own faults rather than general circumstances.
Personalisation
Selective abstraction
Catastrophising
Minimisation
Researcher who proposed that people may develop depression through learned helplessness.
Seligman (1988)
Beck (1967)
Ellis (1962)
Rosenhan (1973)
The theory that people may stop trying to escape negative situations if they believe their actions make no difference.
Learned helplessness
Attribution theory
Cognitive triad
Locus of control
If a person learns that their behaviour makes no difference to an aversive environment, they may stop trying to escape, even when escape becomes possible.
Seligman theory
Seligman aim
Seligman results
Beck’s model
In the 1960s, dogs subjected to inescapable electric shocks later failed to escape when it was possible.
Seligman procedure
Seligman background
Seligman aim
Seligman sample
The cognitive process by which an individual explains the causes of behaviour and events.
Attribution
Rationalisation
Interpretation
Evaluation
The aim of Seligman’s (1988) study was to find out how well __________ could predict depressive symptoms.
Each participant in Seligman’s (1988) study completed an Attributional Style Questionnaire.
Seligman procedure
Seligman results
Beck’s procedure
Attributional measure
Unipolar and bipolar participants in Seligman’s (1988) study showed more pessimistic attributional styles than the control group.
Seligman results
Seligman procedure
Beck’s findings
Cognitive triad outcomes
A standardised self-report questionnaire used to assess symptoms of depression.
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Hamilton Anxiety Scale
Yale-Brown Obsessive Scale
Rosenhan Rating Scale
MAOIs (Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors) are a type of:
Antidepressant
Antipsychotic
Mood stabiliser
Benzodiazepine
Antidepressant that blocks the enzyme monoamine oxidase, allowing neurotransmitters to remain longer in the synapse and continue acting on the postsynaptic neuron.
MAOI
SSRI
SNRI
Tricyclic
Antidepressant that prevents the reuptake of serotonin by the presynaptic neuron, increasing serotonin activity at the postsynaptic neuron.
SSRI
MAOI
Tricyclic
SNRI
Which therapy is based on the idea that it is our beliefs about events, not the events themselves, that cause emotional distress?
Beck Depression Inventory
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT)
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)
In Ellis’s ABC model, what does ‘A’ stand for?
Affective response
Activating event
Automatic thought
Attitude adjustment
Which of the following involves changing key irrational attitudes and beliefs through the ABC technique?
Beck’s cognitive triad
REBT
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Behavioural activation
Which study conducted a meta-analysis of 70 REBT studies and found significant improvement compared to control groups?
Lyon and Woods (1991)
Beck and Freeman (1990)
Ellis and Dryden (1987)
Freud and Jung (1910)
What term describes an environmental or mood cue that activates the memory of a behaviour linked with strong emotions?
Trigger event
Positive reinforcement
Mood induction
Relapse factor
What concept explains why individuals with ICDs continue the behaviour even when aware it is harmful?
Reduced dopamine
Lack of insight
Overcompensation
Cognitive dissonance
Which of the following is a strength of the Feeling-State Theory (FST)?
Recognises both positive and negative emotions in ICDs
Ignores emotional differences between disorders
Focuses only on behavioural conditioning
Overlooks biological explanations
Which statement reflects a strength of the FST?
It explains why people persist with ICDs despite knowing the harm
It ignores emotional and cognitive factors
It applies only to kleptomania
It lacks testable evidence
Which is a weakness of the FST?
Overly holistic
Too deterministic
Fails to account for individual differences
Neglects biological mechanisms
Which statement represents a weakness of the FST?
Treats all ICDs as stemming from the same emotion–behaviour link
Recognises the diversity of emotional responses
Integrates biological and social factors
Acknowledges positive emotional triggers
What does the K-SAS measure?
Impulses, thoughts, and behaviours linked to stealing
Aggressive outbursts and anger management
Levels of serotonin in compulsive individuals
Frequency of depressive episodes
What is the scoring system used in the K-SAS?
Each item rated 0–4, with higher scores showing greater severity
Each item rated 1–10 based on intensity
Self-reported categories of ‘mild’, ‘moderate’, or ‘severe’
Researcher-observed behavioural checklists
Which statement describes a strength of the K-SAS?
Demonstrates strong test–retest reliability
Includes only behavioural measures
Relies heavily on open-ended data
Is only useful for group comparisons
Which finding supports the validity of the K-SAS?
It correlates well with the CGI scale
It uses ambiguous response options
It lacks concurrent measures
It cannot differentiate between ICDs
What is a weakness of the K-SAS?
Participants may not recall behaviour accurately
It provides both qualitative and quantitative data
The measure is too open-ended
Responses are always verified by clinicians
Another weakness of the K-SAS is that:
Some questions are vague and open to interpretation
It gives detailed personal narratives
It eliminates subjective bias completely
It includes too many biological items
The K-SAS has limited insight because:
It only provides numerical scores without explaining causes
It asks participants to write reflective responses
It combines physiological and behavioural data
It uses interviews for data collection
What is schizophrenia?
A psychotic disorder involving distortions in thoughts, perceptions, and emotions
A type of mood disorder
A personality disorder
A purely behavioural condition
Which of the following is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?
Hallucination
Avolition
Flat affect
Poverty of speech
Which of the following is a negative symptom of schizophrenia?
Avolition
Hallucination
Grandiose delusion
Disorganised speech
What type of delusion involves exaggerated self-importance or power?
Grandiose delusion
Persecutory delusion
Delusion of reference
Somatic delusion
What were the aims of Freeman et al. (2003)?
To investigate persecutory ideation in VR environments
To test the effectiveness of CBT in psychosis
To compare dopamine levels between groups
To assess gender differences in VR navigation
What was one of the hypotheses of Freeman et al.?
A small number of participants with no history of mental illness would experience persecutory ideation in VR
Only those with diagnosed schizophrenia would show paranoia
VR exposure would reduce anxiety
All participants would experience delusions
What was the sample used in Freeman et al. (2003)?
12 males and 12 females
8 males and 8 females
20 males and 4 females
24 males only
What conclusion did Freeman et al. reach?
VR can be used to safely study persecutory ideation in a controlled environment
Only individuals with schizophrenia experience paranoia
VR increases delusional thinking in all participants
Environmental factors have no role in paranoia
What is a chemical messenger that carries signals between neurons across a synapse?
Hormone
Neurotransmitter
Enzyme
Inhibitor
Which of the following is an example of a neurotransmitter?
Insulin
Serotonin
Cortisol
Melatonin
What is the small gap between two neurons where neurotransmitters travel?
Axon
Synapse
Dendrite
Receptor
What acts like a "lock" for a neurotransmitter "key"?
Myelin sheath
Synapse
Receptor
Axon terminal
What is the role of an inhibitor?
Speeds up neurotransmitter activity
Blocks or slows down neurotransmitter activity
Creates new neurotransmitters
Strengthens synapses
Concordance rates are used to measure:
How fast neurotransmitters work
The probability that two people share a trait
How much serotonin is in the brain
The level of anxiety in individuals
MZ twins share what percentage of their genes?
25%
50%
75%
100%
DZ twins share what percentage of their genes?
25%
50%
75%
100%
Why might anxiety have been adaptive in the past?
It helped humans avoid social situations
It increased alertness to danger
It made people less likely to reproduce
It reduced food intake
Low mood (depression) may have once been adaptive because it:
Reduced the need for sleep
Prompted withdrawal from risky situations
Increased aggression in groups
Helped people ignore pain
The id operates on which principle?
Morality principle
Reality principle
Pleasure principle
Defence principle
Which part of the personality develops first?
Superego
Id
Ego
Conscious self
The ego’s role is to:
Demand instant gratification
Reduce conflict between id and superego
Store unconscious drives
Enforce morality
Around what age does the ego develop?
Birth
2 years
5 years
Adolescence
The superego represents:
Pleasure-seeking drives
Internalised sense of right and wrong
Reality-based thinking
Defence mechanisms
The superego develops at the end of which stage?
Oral stage
Anal stage
Phallic stage
Latency stage
What principle is the superego based on?
Pleasure
Morality
Reality
Anxiety
Freud described babies as:
Bundles of superego
Bundles of id
Bundles of ego
Bundles of instincts and morality
Which defense mechanism helps the ego manage conflict between id and superego?
Natural selection
Repression
CBT
Neurotransmitter release
What is the primary role of GABA in the brain?
Speeds up nerve activity and decreases stress
Calms neural activity, reducing anxiety
Regulates sleep–wake cycles
Controls blood sugar levels
Dopamine is strongly linked to which function?
Mood regulation and motivation
Sleep and circadian rhythms
Stress hormone release
Appetite and sleep
Serotonin is mainly involved in:
Reflexes and motor control
Mood regulation and sleep
Fight or flight response
Pleasure and reward responses
What type of study design was used by Grant et al. (2008)?
Case study
Longitudinal survey
Randomised placebo-controlled trial
Natural experiment
What disorder was the study investigating?
Alcohol dependence
Pathological gambling
Schizophrenia
Bipolar disorder
What is an opiate antagonist?
A drug that increases dopamine release
A drug that blocks opioid receptors
A therapy used to reduce stress
A placebo medication
Which two drugs were investigated?
Naloxone and Diazepam
Nalmefene and Naltrexone
Methadone and Heroin
Sertraline and Fluoxetine
How many participants were in the study?
84
128
284
350
What was required for participants to be included in the study?
DSM-IV diagnosis of pathological gambling
Current drug dependence
Diagnosis of schizophrenia
No gambling history
What percentage of participants were women?
20%
42%
50%
60%
How many different conditions were there?
4
6
8
10
How long did the treatment last?
4 weeks
8 weeks
16 weeks
1 year
What does PG-YBOCS stand for?
Pathological Gambling Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale
Pathological Gambling Youth Behavioural Outcomes Scale
Patient Gambling Yearly Behavioural Outcomes Clinical Scale
Pathological Gambling Yielded Biological Observations Clinical Study
How was a "positive response" to treatment defined?
20% reduction in PG-YBOCS
35% reduction in PG-YBOCS
50% reduction in PG-YBOCS
75% reduction in PG-YBOCS
How many control groups were used?
1
2
3
4
What was the dependent variable in this study?
Family history of alcoholism
Type of opiate antagonist
PG-YBOCS score
Dose of medication
What prediction did the researchers make about family history?
It would not affect treatment response
A positive family history of alcoholism would improve treatment response
A negative family history would improve response
Family history was not measured
Which group was more likely to respond to placebo treatment?
Older participants
Participants with a family history of gambling
Younger participants
Participants with higher PG-YBOCS scores
What was the effect of age on placebo response?
Every 10 years older = 10% more likely
Every 10 years older = 20% less likely
Every 10 years older = 30% less likely
No effect of age
Which participants responded best to high doses (100–150mg) of opiate antagonists?
Those with lower PG-YBOCS scores
Those with higher PG-YBOCS scores
Younger participants
Those without a family history
How was family history measured?
DNA testing
Self-report questionnaires
Semi-structured interviews
Medical records only
What was Hypothesis 2?
Family history predicts better drug response
Less severe gamblers respond better to placebo
Higher PG-YBOCS predicts placebo response
Age predicts placebo response
Why are opiate antagonists used in treating gambling?
They increase serotonin
They reduce dopamine levels
They block the brain’s reward response to gambling
They act as sedatives
