One of the Main Problems in Determining Whether One's Depression

question 181

Multiple Choice

One of the main problems in determining whether one's depression is endogenous or reactive is that:

• A) most people forget, or repress, the stressful events that may have led to their depression.
• B) it is unclear whether exposure to a stressor was a contributing factor or if it was a coincidence.
• C) people with depression often underreport being exposed to stressful events.
• D) it is virtually impossible to study endogenous factors that are linked to depression.

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

In behaviorism, a consequence that will strengthen an organism's future behavior whenever that behavior is preceded by a specific antecedent stimulus.

Falsifiable

A criterion for a theory or hypothesis that it can be proven wrong by an observation or a physical experiment.

Falsifiable

The possibility that a hypothesis can be disproven by experimental or observational evidence.

Parsimonious

Describes an approach that is simple or economical in terms of explaining something, often used in the context of scientific theories.