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N110 LEON FINAL EXAM (ACTUAL 2025/2026)
COMBINED LECTURES 1-9 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
Impaired attention, the inability to experience pleasure, sleep disturbance,
decrease in appetite, feeling of hopelessness and isolation, and suicidal thoughts -
(answers)Mental symptoms
Statistics show that the ____________ has increased depression among adults
aged 18 to 24. - (answers)pandemic
Spending one or more hours a day __________ is ________________ of
depression and increased __________ risk factors in teens. - (answers)online; one
cause; suicide
Norephinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin are all examples of ____________ -
(answers)monoamines
The monoamine ________ hypothesis stated that decreased ___________
induces depression, particularly ____________ - (answers)depletion;
monoamines; serotonin
SSRI's increase synaptic ____________ - (answers)serotonin
Examples of SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) - (answers)Prozac,
Paxil, Zoloft, Lexapro
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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. - (answers)low serotonin; depleting;
increasing; weeks
Depressed people don't have ______________ - (answers)low serotonin
__________ serotonin does not produce __________ - (answers)Depleting;
depression
______________ serotonin with other drugs doesn't help with people
__________ from depression - (answers)Increasing; recover
SSRIs act within ________ to increase neurotransmitters - (answers)minutes
SSRI's take ________ to reduce depression - (answers)weeks
About 80% of people _______ taking antidepressants with a month -
(answers)stop
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Changes in the _________________ EEG within 48 hours of starting medication
helps to indicate which people will do ______ on a certain SSRI -
(answers)prefrontal cortex; well
______ can precipitate or worsen depression because of chronically high levels of
__________ - (answers)Stress; cortisol
Childhood abuse, neglect, loss, or other ______ stresses can lead to chronically
high levels of _________, and make people more prone to ____________ -
(answers)early; cortisol; depression
The hippocampus is involved with both _________ and __________ responses -
(answers)memory; emotional
Stress/depression decreases ________________ and increases neural ________,
which means the ______________ has less control over the __________, and
consequently less emotional control. - (answers)neurogenesis; death;
hippocampus; amygdala
_______________ mediates the effects of antidepressants -
(answers)Neurogenesis
__________ increase neurogenesis and repopulate the _______________ -
(answers)Antidepressants; hippocampus
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The 3-6 week ____ before antidepressants become ____________ is the time it
takes for new neurons to become incorporated in the ____________ -
(answers)lag; effective; hippocampus
____________ blocks neurogenesis in the _______________, and blocks the
beneficial behavioral effects of antidepressants - (answers)Irradiation;
hippocampus
Cortisol from stress reduces ________ which leads to neuronal __________ -
(answers)BDNF; loss
Antidepressants increase _______, thereby keeping neurons ________ -
(answers)BDNF; alive
________ is as good as SSRIs in treating depression - (answers)Exercise
Exercise increases __________ and thereby increases the number of
____________ neurons by increasing ______ - (answers)neurogenesis;
hippocampal; BDNF
How do therapists get amygdala to calm down and not be over active? -
(answers)Cognitive Behavior Therapy
ECT stands for - (answers)Electroconvulsive therapy
N110 LEON FINAL EXAM (ACTUAL 2025/2026)
COMBINED LECTURES 1-9 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
Impaired attention, the inability to experience pleasure, sleep disturbance,
decrease in appetite, feeling of hopelessness and isolation, and suicidal thoughts -
(answers)Mental symptoms
Statistics show that the ____________ has increased depression among adults
aged 18 to 24. - (answers)pandemic
Spending one or more hours a day __________ is ________________ of
depression and increased __________ risk factors in teens. - (answers)online; one
cause; suicide
Norephinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin are all examples of ____________ -
(answers)monoamines
The monoamine ________ hypothesis stated that decreased ___________
induces depression, particularly ____________ - (answers)depletion;
monoamines; serotonin
SSRI's increase synaptic ____________ - (answers)serotonin
Examples of SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) - (answers)Prozac,
Paxil, Zoloft, Lexapro
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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. - (answers)low serotonin; depleting;
increasing; weeks
Depressed people don't have ______________ - (answers)low serotonin
__________ serotonin does not produce __________ - (answers)Depleting;
depression
______________ serotonin with other drugs doesn't help with people
__________ from depression - (answers)Increasing; recover
SSRIs act within ________ to increase neurotransmitters - (answers)minutes
SSRI's take ________ to reduce depression - (answers)weeks
About 80% of people _______ taking antidepressants with a month -
(answers)stop
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Changes in the _________________ EEG within 48 hours of starting medication
helps to indicate which people will do ______ on a certain SSRI -
(answers)prefrontal cortex; well
______ can precipitate or worsen depression because of chronically high levels of
__________ - (answers)Stress; cortisol
Childhood abuse, neglect, loss, or other ______ stresses can lead to chronically
high levels of _________, and make people more prone to ____________ -
(answers)early; cortisol; depression
The hippocampus is involved with both _________ and __________ responses -
(answers)memory; emotional
Stress/depression decreases ________________ and increases neural ________,
which means the ______________ has less control over the __________, and
consequently less emotional control. - (answers)neurogenesis; death;
hippocampus; amygdala
_______________ mediates the effects of antidepressants -
(answers)Neurogenesis
__________ increase neurogenesis and repopulate the _______________ -
(answers)Antidepressants; hippocampus
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The 3-6 week ____ before antidepressants become ____________ is the time it
takes for new neurons to become incorporated in the ____________ -
(answers)lag; effective; hippocampus
____________ blocks neurogenesis in the _______________, and blocks the
beneficial behavioral effects of antidepressants - (answers)Irradiation;
hippocampus
Cortisol from stress reduces ________ which leads to neuronal __________ -
(answers)BDNF; loss
Antidepressants increase _______, thereby keeping neurons ________ -
(answers)BDNF; alive
________ is as good as SSRIs in treating depression - (answers)Exercise
Exercise increases __________ and thereby increases the number of
____________ neurons by increasing ______ - (answers)neurogenesis;
hippocampal; BDNF
How do therapists get amygdala to calm down and not be over active? -
(answers)Cognitive Behavior Therapy
ECT stands for - (answers)Electroconvulsive therapy
