Which of the Following Accounts for the Longer Duration of Depression

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following accounts for the longer duration of depression relative to the duration of learned helplessness effects?

• A) There are many causes for depression in addition to learned helplessness.
• B) Depressed people think about and then re-experience the helplessness-inducing events.
• C) Reminders of the initial helplessness event can reactivate depression.
• D) All of these are correct.

---

Definitions:

One-Tail P-Value

The probability, in hypothesis testing, of observing a test statistic as extreme as, or more extreme than, the value observed under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true, in one direction.

Two-Tail Test

A statistical test in which the critical area of a distribution is two-sided and tests whether a sample is greater than or less than a certain range of values.

Critical Values

Specific points on the scale of a statistical distribution that are associated with a specified significance level, used for hypothesis testing.

Rejection Regions

Specific areas in the distribution of a test statistic that, if the observed test statistic falls within, will lead to the rejection of the null hypothesis.