Define major depression.
What will be an ideal response?
Everyone has times of feeling discouraged. Major depression is much more intense and prolonged. People with a major depression feel sad and helpless most of the day every day for weeks at a time. They don't enjoy anything and can hardly even imagine enjoying anything. They lack energy, feel worthless, contemplate suicide, have trouble sleeping, and cannot concentrate. When they have unpleasant thoughts, they have trouble getting rid of them (Foland-Ross et al., 2013). Changes in the synapses to the nucleus accumbens make it less responsive to reward (Russo & Nestler, 2013).
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Jessica's mother is afraid of snakes. Although Jessica has never actually seen a snake, her mother has told her time and again to be careful to look out for them when she is walking. Now Jessica has an intense fear of snakes and refuses to walk in the grass. This is an example of __________.
A. vicarious conditioning of a phobia B. classical conditioning of a phobia C. operant conditioning of a phobia D. unconscious displacement of anxiety onto a phobic object
Sherry suffered a concussion in a car accident. She remembers driving down the road, but she cannot remember how the accident happened. Sherry has been able to form new memories since the accident. Based on this information, Sherry appears to suffer from
a. retrograde amnesia. b. anterograde amnesia. c. redintegration syndrome. d. false memory syndrome.
The term _____ refers to the tendency to perceive meaningful connections among unrelated phenomena
A) paternicity B) confirmation bias C) parsimony D) interconnectivity
Gate control theory argues that pressure signals produce ______ that prevent(s) pain information from reaching the brain.
A. endorphin release in the brain B. inhibitory messages in the spinal cord C. distraction in the brain D. endorphin release in the spinal cord