Author Question: Amanda has been severely depressed in the past year. She is constantly sad, almost to the point of ... (Read 46 times)

elizabeth18 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Amanda has been severely depressed in the past year. She is constantly sad, almost to the point of numbness. She ponders constantly about what a failure she is and how nothing she does is ever right. She finds it hard to get out of bed and get going. Which of these symptoms is an example of a cognitive symptom of Amanda's mental disorder?

a. Constant sadness
b. Feeling numb
c. Pondering her failures
d. Difficulty getting out of bed

Question 2

Abnormal psychology is

a. the scientific study of troublesome feelings, thoughts, and behaviors associated with mental disorders.
b. assertions about what might be abnormal emotional experience.
c. a scientific study of how and why people become unique.
d. the opposite of biological psychology.