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6. How long must symptoms persist for a diagnosis of depression

  • 1 month
  • 2 weeks
  • 2 months
  • 6 weeks

7. Which is the most effective treatment for OCD, according to Foa et al

  • placebo
  • drugs & CBT combined
  • CBT
  • drugs

8. Which of these is an advantage of cognitive therapies over frug therapy?

  • empowers people - they can treat themselves
  • more cost effective
  • less time consuming
  • no unpleasant side effects

9. Who studied how traumatic events can trigger a phobia?

  • Nestadt et al
  • Di Nardo et al
  • Bandura & Rosenthal
  • Miguel et al

10. ____'s cognitive triad

  • Beck
  • Ellis

11. which of these things is NOT typically affected by depression?

  • mental ability
  • appearance
  • sleep pattern
  • weight

12. What definition of abnormality is characterised by behaviour that does not fall within 2 standard deviations of the mean?

  • Deviation from social norms
  • Deviation from ideal mental health
  • Statistical infrequency
  • Failure to function adequately

13. Which of these is not a result of cognitive distortions?

  • selective abstraction
  • cognitive restructuring
  • magnification
  • overgeneralisations

14. _____'s ABC model

  • Ellis
  • Beck

15. What is the link between obsessions and compulsions?

  • a compulsion temporarily relieves an obsessive thought
  • an obsessive thought temporarily relieves a compulsion

16. Agoraphobia is a fear of...

  • being in a situation you cannot leave (e.g. crowds, open spaces)
  • social situations
  • particular objects or situations

17. in OCD sufferers, the _______ is thought to be damaged, so it cannot suppress signals

  • thalamus
  • caudate nucleus
  • orbitofrontal cortex

18. According to Seligman, we experience phobias because of preparedness, which is...

  • an evolutionary explanation
  • a biological explanation
  • a cognitive explanation
  • a psychodynamic explanation

19. According to Beck and Ellis, depression is caused by...

  • the way we think
  • the way we act
  • pre-determined genetic factors
  • the unconscious mind

20. which neurotransmitter is thought to be lacking in OCD sufferers

  • serotonin
  • noradrenaline
  • dopamine
  • adrenaline