What Is the Most Important Characteristic Used to Distinguish Dysthymia

question 64

Multiple Choice

What is the most important characteristic used to distinguish dysthymia from major depression?

• A) The length of time the person has had the symptoms.
• B) How severe the symptoms are.
• C) Whether there are occasional brief periods of normal moods during the disorder.
• D) The types of symptoms the person has.

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Definitions:

Short-term Memory

A part of the memory system where small amounts of information can be stored for a short period of time, typically seconds to minutes.

Social Security Number

A unique, nine-digit number assigned to U.S. citizens and eligible residents, used for tracking earnings and benefits within the social security system.

Paired Associates

A learning method where items are learned in linked pairs so that when one item of a pair is presented, the other can be recalled.

Retrieval Principle

The concept in which memory recall is enhanced if the context at the time of recall matches the context present during encoding or learning.