Exam Preview for 1952: Emotional Regulation and the Role of Ruminat

Emotional Regulation and the Role of Rumination in Major Depressive Disorders and Generalized Anxiety

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1. Which disorder is characterized by persistent sadness and loss of interest inactivities? Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Bipolar Disorder Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) Panic Disorder
2. Which of the following is not a DSM-5 criterion for Major Depressive Disorder? Insomnia or hypersomnia Increased risk-taking behavior Fatigue or loss of energy Depressed mood most of the day
3. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) involves which main symptom? Excessive worry about a variety of things Inability to recognize emotions Hallucinations Unexplained mood swings
4. What is a key emotional regulation challenge for people with GAD? Chronic overarousal makes managing emotions difficult Inability to experience positive emotions Lack of emotional awareness Constant need for validation
5. How is affect defined in the presentation? It is the same as emotion It is an implicit and unlabeled quick feeling A fully conscious experience of mood A method of suppressing emotions
6. What does the Law of Hedonic Asymmetry suggest? Positive emotions last longer than negative ones Negative emotions are stronger and persist longer Emotions have no object Emotions are always predictable
7. Which of the following is not a distorted cognition example? All-or-Nothing Thinking Overgeneralization Emotional Reasoning Positive Visualization
8. What does the Law of Comparative Feeling suggest about emotions? Emotional intensity is independent of context Emotions are not influenced by personal reference points The intensity of an emotion depends on its comparison to a reference Emotions are only caused by physiological changes
9. What is the purpose of the downward arrow technique in cognitive therapy? To escalate emotional responses To identify core beliefs behind automatic thoughts To distract the patient from negative emotions To suppress symptoms temporarily
10. What is emotional regulation? The ability to suppress emotions completely The process of influencing which emotions you have, when you have them, and how you experience and express them An automatic response to external stimuli A fixed response to all stressors
11. Which emotion regulation strategy involves shifting attention away from anemotional stimulus? Concentration Reappraisal Distraction Suppression
12. What is the main aim of cognitive reappraisal as an emotional regulationstrategy? To avoid facing emotions To reinterpret the meaning of a situation to change its emotional impact To intensify negative emotions to understand them better To act impulsively based on the initial emotion
13. What does the cognitive triad consist of? Past, Present, Future Self, World, Future Mood, Affect, Emotion Family, Friends, Society
14. What type of judgment is related to the acceptance technique in therapy? Evaluative Nonevaluative Punitive Defensive
15. Which type of therapy is mentioned as being especially effective when combinedwith mindfulness techniques? Exposure Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Psychoanalysis Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)