Test Yourself by taking a moment to answer each of these Learning Objective Questions (repeated here from within the module). Research suggests that trying to answer these questions on your own will improve your long-
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major depressive disorder (p. 545) bipolar disorder (p. 546) mania (p. 546) rumination (p. 550) | a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state in which dangerously poor judgment is common. a disorder in which a person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. (Formerly called manic- compulsive fretting; overthinking about our problems and their causes. a disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or another medical condition, two or more weeks with five or more symptoms, at least one of which must be either (1) depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure. |
Test yourself repeatedly throughout your studies. This will not only help you figure out what you know and don’t know; the testing itself will help you learn and remember the information more effectively thanks to the testing effect.
1. The “gender gap” in depression refers to the finding that (men's/women's) risk of depression is nearly double that of (men's/women's).
2. Rates of bipolar disorder have risen dramatically in the twenty-first century, especially among
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3. Treatment for depression often includes drugs that increase supplies of the neurotransmitters and .
4. Psychologists who emphasize the importance of negative perceptions, beliefs, and thoughts in depression are working within the perspective.
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