N110 Leon Final — Lectures 7-9
UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Impaired attention, the inability to experience pleasure, sleep disturbance, decrease in
appetite, feeling of hopelessness and isolation, and suicidal thoughts - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Mental symptoms
Statistics show that the ____________ has increased depression among adults aged 18 to 24.
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- pandemic
Spending one or more hours a day __________ is ________________ of depression and
increased __________ risk factors in teens. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- online; one cause;
suicide
Norephinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin are all examples of ____________ - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- monoamines
The monoamine ________ hypothesis stated that decreased ___________ induces
depression, particularly ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- depletion; monoamines;
serotonin
SSRI's increase synaptic ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- serotonin
Examples of SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Lexapro
Some issues with the monoamine hypothesis are:
• depressed people don't have ______________,
• ____________ serotonin doesn't produce depression,
• ______________ serotonin doesn't help with recovery,
• and SSRI's take ________ to work. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- low serotonin; depleting;
increasing; weeks
, Depressed people don't have ______________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- low serotonin
__________ serotonin does not produce __________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Depleting; depression
______________ serotonin with other drugs doesn't help with people __________ from
depression - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Increasing; recover
SSRIs act within ________ to increase neurotransmitters - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
minutes
SSRI's take ________ to reduce depression - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- weeks
About 80% of people _______ taking antidepressants with a month - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- stop
Changes in the _________________ EEG within 48 hours of starting medication helps to
indicate which people will do ______ on a certain SSRI - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
prefrontal cortex; well
______ can precipitate or worsen depression because of chronically high levels of
__________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Stress; cortisol
Childhood abuse, neglect, loss, or other ______ stresses can lead to chronically high levels of
_________, and make people more prone to ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
early; cortisol; depression
The hippocampus is involved with both _________ and __________ responses - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- memory; emotional
Stress/depression decreases ________________ and increases neural ________, which
means the ______________ has less control over the __________, and consequently less
UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Impaired attention, the inability to experience pleasure, sleep disturbance, decrease in
appetite, feeling of hopelessness and isolation, and suicidal thoughts - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Mental symptoms
Statistics show that the ____________ has increased depression among adults aged 18 to 24.
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- pandemic
Spending one or more hours a day __________ is ________________ of depression and
increased __________ risk factors in teens. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- online; one cause;
suicide
Norephinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin are all examples of ____________ - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- monoamines
The monoamine ________ hypothesis stated that decreased ___________ induces
depression, particularly ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- depletion; monoamines;
serotonin
SSRI's increase synaptic ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- serotonin
Examples of SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Lexapro
Some issues with the monoamine hypothesis are:
• depressed people don't have ______________,
• ____________ serotonin doesn't produce depression,
• ______________ serotonin doesn't help with recovery,
• and SSRI's take ________ to work. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- low serotonin; depleting;
increasing; weeks
, Depressed people don't have ______________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- low serotonin
__________ serotonin does not produce __________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Depleting; depression
______________ serotonin with other drugs doesn't help with people __________ from
depression - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Increasing; recover
SSRIs act within ________ to increase neurotransmitters - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
minutes
SSRI's take ________ to reduce depression - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- weeks
About 80% of people _______ taking antidepressants with a month - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- stop
Changes in the _________________ EEG within 48 hours of starting medication helps to
indicate which people will do ______ on a certain SSRI - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
prefrontal cortex; well
______ can precipitate or worsen depression because of chronically high levels of
__________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Stress; cortisol
Childhood abuse, neglect, loss, or other ______ stresses can lead to chronically high levels of
_________, and make people more prone to ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
early; cortisol; depression
The hippocampus is involved with both _________ and __________ responses - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- memory; emotional
Stress/depression decreases ________________ and increases neural ________, which
means the ______________ has less control over the __________, and consequently less
