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  1. Borderline personality disorder's 'splitting' defense mechanism refers to:

    Answer: Viewing people as all good or all bad with no middle ground

    Splitting involves inability to integrate positive and negative qualities of self or others, leading to black-and-white thinking.

  2. Which DSM-5 specifier distinguishes Bipolar I from Bipolar II disorder?

    Answer: Presence of at least one full manic episode

    Bipolar I requires at least one manic episode (which may include psychosis and severe impairment), whereas Bipolar II involves hypomania and major depression only.

  3. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) was originally developed to treat which disorder?

    Answer: Borderline personality disorder

    Marsha Linehan developed DBT specifically for chronically suicidal individuals with borderline personality disorder, incorporating mindfulness and distress tolerance skills.

  4. The 'fight-or-flight' response is primarily mediated by which branch of the autonomic nervous system?

    Answer: Sympathetic nervous system

    The sympathetic nervous system activates the fight-or-flight response by releasing epinephrine and norepinephrine, increasing heart rate and arousal.

  5. A person eats large amounts of food in a short time, feels out of control, and later compensates through self-induced vomiting. This describes:

    Answer: Bulimia nervosa

    Bulimia nervosa involves recurrent binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors (e.g., purging) and is not associated with significantly low body weight.

  6. Which of the following is the DSM-5 criterion for the duration of a hypomanic episode in Bipolar II disorder?

    Answer: At least 4 consecutive days

    DSM-5 requires hypomania to last at least 4 consecutive days, distinguishing it from the 7-day minimum for a full manic episode.

  7. The concept of 'learned helplessness' as a model for depression was developed through research by:

    Answer: Martin Seligman

    Martin Seligman's animal research on inescapable shocks led to the learned helplessness model, where repeated uncontrollable events produce passive, depressive behavior.