Discuss the role of rumination in depression. Define the process of rumination, and discuss its incidence in males and females
What will be an ideal response?
Rumination is the mental replaying and/or talking about difficult incidents. Replaying
the incident can lead to depression, especially in females. Rumination is more
common in females. Though it may increase sadness, it can also protect someone
from impulsive actions such as suicide.
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a. 2 x 2 x 2 b. 2 x 2 c. 3 x 3 d. 3 x 3 x 3
In one auditory perception paradigm, infants are trained to increase sucking pressure to
trigger onset of an auditory tone or stimuli. This paradigm is known as the: A) Observer-based Psychoacoustical procedure. B) Visual Reinforcement Audiometry paradigm. C) Standardized Infant Hearing Test. D) High Amplitude Sucking paradigm.
PTSD is unique among the disorders listed in the DSM-5 because it is the only one
A. with almost no genetic components. B. with a specified cause. C. that does not show warning signs earlier than young adulthood. D. whose learning component is nearly fully understood.
Suppose you are a sociologist studying patterns of how young adults return home to live with their parents. Generalizing from previous research, which of the following young adults would you expect to be LEAST likely to live with his parents?
a. Michael, who lives in Italy b. Ngyuen, who is Asian and whose family lives in California c. Bob, whose family lives on a farm in Iowa d. Ted, whose family lives in an apartment in New York City