Harper PSY230 Chapter 9 Test Suicide

Question 1A clinically depressed individual who has been threatening suicide finally shows diminishing of depressive symptoms. This person's risk of committing suicide:

                has increased dramatically; almost no one who is depressed commits suicide until she or he is recovering.

                may have increased, since the person may have the energy to act on the suicidal impulse.

                probably has decreased, although a slight risk remains.

                has decreased substantially; almost no one who is depressed commits suicide once recovery from depression is under way.

Question 2About how many suicides are committed annually in the United States?

                30,000 - 35,000

                40,000 - 45,000

                50,000 - 55,000

                60,000 - 65,000

Question 3How likely are women to use a gun to commit suicide?

                27% of women who commit suicide use guns.

                37% of women who commit suicide use guns.

                47% of women who commit suicide use guns.

                57% of women who commit suicide use guns.

Question 4Which mental disorder has been found to contribute to the greatest number of suicides?

                chronic alcoholism

                severe depression

                obsessive-compulsive disorder

                schizophrenia

Question 5A developing body of research shows that antidepressant use in children and adolescents:

                substantially increases the overall suicide risk.

                increases suicide risk for some individuals, but decreases the overall suicide risk.

                decreases the suicide risk for some individuals, but increases the overall suicide risk.

                does not lower the suicide risk, as it does for adults.

Question 6A person who sees problems and solutions in rigid either/or terms is engaging in:

                hopelessness.

                dichotomous thinking.

                psychache.

                blaming.

Question 7What kind of theory is Durkheim's theory of suicide?

                cognitive

                biological

                sociocultural

                psychodynamic

Question 8About what percentage of people who attempt suicide use alcohol just prior to the act?

                50%

                60%

                70%

                80%

Question 9Joiner et al. (2017), state that in the interpersonal view of suicide, there most likely will be certain circumstances present for suicide to occur.  Which of the following is not one of those circumstances Joiner and his team list:

                perceived burdensomeness

                thwarted belongingness

                feelings of isolation and alienation

                high stress job

Question 10Ambivalent about dying, Robert repeatedly played a dangerous game involving gasoline and a cigarette lighter.  Robert is an example of what Shneidman refers to as a:

                death seeker.

                death initiator.

                death ignorer.

                death darer.

Question 11"Cluster suicides" may involve high suicide rates among those:

                who are elderly African Americans.

                who have a particular recessive gene combination.

                who gather on high-stress occasions, such as funerals or court trials.

                living on certain American Indian reservations.

Question 12What is a parasuicide?

                a failed attempt to commit suicide

                a murder then followed by a suicide

                a successfully committed suicide on the first try

                a successfully committed suicide after many tries

Question 13What is the cause of death in the majority of male suicides in the United States?

                hanging

                car accidents

                drug overdose

                use of guns

Question 14Compared to heart disease and cancer, suicide accounts for _______ in the United States.

                about the same number of deaths.

                actually more deaths.

                approximately less than 4% of the deaths.

                approximately less than  .1% of the deaths.

Question 15The explanation of suicide as due to loss of loved ones and self-directed aggression is consistent with which theoretical perspective?

                cognitive.

                humanist.

                behavioral.

                psychodynamic.

Question 16Which of the following people would be at most risk of suicide?

                someone who has been in poor health for years and is now terminal

                someone who recently escaped from an abusive environment and is enrolled in school

                someone who is 20 years old

                someone who is a devout Muslim

Question 17The age group least likely to commit suicide in the United States is:

                children.

                adolescents.

                young adults.

                the elderly.

Question 18Biological researchers have found a link between suicide and:

                low activity levels of serotonin.

                high activity levels of serotonin.

                low activity levels of 5-hydroxyindoleactic acid.

                high activity levels of dopamine.

Question 19Why do many people think that estimates of the rates of suicide are inaccurate?

                Insurance companies pay extra life insurance in cases of suicide.

                Many reported suicides are probably really accidents.

                The stigma associated with suicide may make family members hesitant to report it.

                Suicide is not a DSM-5 category.

Question 20David who was suffering from terminal liver cancer, shot himself. David is an example of what Shneidman refers to as a:

                death darer

                death seeker

                death ignorer

                death initiator