Question : 61. Which neurotransmitters most important in the development of mood : 1182011

61. Which neurotransmitters are most important in the development of mood disorders?

a) GABA, endorphins, and serotonin

b) acetylcholine, serotonin, and GABA

c) dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine

d) norepinephrine, acetylcholine, and serotonin

62. Which of the following statements most accurately depicts how neurotransmitters affect depression?

a) Researchers do not generally believe that neurotransmitters affect depression.

b) Having too much of certain neurotransmitters causes depression.

c) Some neurotransmitters do not function normally in people with depression.

d) Having either too much or too little of certain neurotransmitters causes depression.

63. Which area of the brain is most likely to be affected in a person with depression?

a) temporal lobe

b) parietal lobe

c) frontal lobe

d) occipital lobe

64. Tara and Sarah are identical twins. If Tara has bipolar disorder, then Sarah has ________.

a) a 100% chance of developing a mood disorder

b) a 100% chance of developing bipolar disorder

c) an 80% chance of developing a mood disorder

d) an 80% chance of developing a bipolar disorder

65. Aaron Beck (1967) proposed the idea of ________ to explain the negative view of the world, the negative view of themselves, and the negative view of the future in the thoughts of depressed people.

a) cognitive distortions

b) the negative triad

c) the positive triad

d) rumination

66. Aaron Beck proposed that people with depression commit errors in thinking or ________.

a) cognitive distortions

b) rumination

c) positive triad

d) attribution errors

67. A cognitive therapist is working with a depressed client. Which of the following causes is the likely focus of this therapist’s intervention?

a) learned behaviors of depression

b) unusual levels of neurotransmitters

c) negative interpretations of life events

d) a superego that is too harsh and strict

68. Attributional style refers to a person’s ________.

a) characteristic way of explaining life events

b) accuracy of understanding the causes of certain events

c) sense of how much blame they deserve for problems in their life

d) manner of explaining other’s actions

69. Which of the following factors that contributes to depressive symptoms would be an influence from the level of the group?

a) a deficit of serotonin activity

b) a deficit of norepinephrine activity

c) irrational and self-defeating thought patterns

d) being involved in “punishing” social relationships

70. Which of the following statements best describes our knowledge of the level of the person in the development if bipolar disorder?

a) We know surprisingly little about how events at the level of the person contribute to the development of bipolar disorder.

b) Research has not been conducted about the effect on bipolar disorder of events at the level of the person.

c) It has been conclusively determined that bipolar disorder is exclusively contributed to by events at the level of the brain and by no events at the level of the person.

d) At the level of the person it has been found that a deficit of serotonin combined with an excess of norepinephrine contributes to the development of bipolar disorder.