Describe the hopelessness theory of depression.
What will be an ideal response?
Having a pessimistic attributional style, along with negative life events, is not enough to produce depression. A state of hopelessness is needed as well. Hopelessness expectancy is the perception that one has no control over a situation that is about to occur, as well as an absolute belief that what is going to happen is going to be bad.
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Intrusive, irrational, and unwanted thoughts are called:
a. Irrational beliefs. b. Obsessions. c. Compulsions. d. Generalized anxiety.
Baby Henry enters Piaget's Substage 4 of the sensorimotor period when his schemes
A) are directed toward his body. B) are repeated with variation to produce new outcomes. C) are coordinated deliberately to solve simple problems. D) represent sudden solutions rather than trial-and-error solutions.
Tranh drinks alcohol regularly and does not use other drugs. He has developed a tolerance for alcohol and cross-tolerance for similar drugs
Which of the drugs below would Tranh show tolerance for even though he has never used anything other than alcohol? a) Benzodiazepine b) Amphetamines c) Cocaine d) Oxycontin
Proponents of which major theoretical perspective believe that behavior is largely motivated by subconscious inner forces and memories?
a.) evolutionary b.) psychodynamic c.) behavioral d.) cognitive