In the weeks after giving birth, some women experience feelings of sadness that characterize the mood disturbance known as
A) major depressive disorder.
B) postpartum depression.
C) bipolar disorder.
D) personality disorder.
B
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In the management of chronic disease, modest amounts of exercise--say, 2.5 hr per week--can ______.
A. do little except break a sweat or make one short of breath B. encourage weight loss, but that’s about it C. encourage weight loss and relieve depression, but not affect disease progression D. not only encourage weight loss and relieve depression but also slow disease progression
Of the following, who is experiencing symptoms of withdrawn catatonia?
a. Louis, a schizophrenic who has paranoid ideations with high levels of anxiety and worry surrounding his belief of being persecuted b. Lorenzo, a schizophrenic who is extremely unresponsive with respect to motor activity and movement c. Lenny, who is experiencing persistent, non-bizarre delusions without other unusual or odd behaviors d. Larry, who has no diagnosable disorder but insists that he does have one
Ethologist Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt (1963) raised rats in isolation. When other rats were finally introduced into their cages, rats raised alone _______, suggesting that _______.
A) fled from the new rats; aggression must be learned. B) used the same aggressive behaviours as other rats; aggression need not be learned. C) did not aggress against them; instrumental aggression does not exist in nonhumans. D) could not defend themselves; aggression is learned. E) become more aggressive than other rates; isolation leads to aggression.
Marvin is comparing persons from the United States and persons from Russia on their attitudes
toward nuclear weapons. He places participants into one of two groups based on where a participant lives, and then asks people in both groups to complete a survey. This research is best described as A) predetermined groups research B) a true experiment C) ex post facto research D) a quasi experiment