Psychology MCQs

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All of the following are goals of the major therapies EXCEPT:
A. Effecting a leasting cure
B. Reaching a diagnosis
C. Making a prognosis
D. Proposing an etiology
The vicious cycle of depression is often initiated by: _________?
A. Stressful life experiences.
B. Excessive levels of norepinephrine.
C. A breakdown in selective attention.
D. External attributions of blame.
The rise of Western individualism appears most clearly responsible for an increase in: ___________?
A. Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
B. Personality disorders.
C. Phobias.
D. Depression.
Jill will sit in one position for long periods of time, evidencing muscular rigidity. Jill is exhibiting symptoms of ___________?
A. Hebephrenic schizophrenia
B. Undifferentiated schizophrenia
C. Cataonic schizophrenia
D. Paranoid schizophrenia