Penny, 23, indicates that she has suffered from these symptoms at least seven times in the past three years when she has what she calls her, episodes. “When I get this way I am depressed every day and all day. There is nothing I enjoy at all, even stuff I always have fun doing. I lose weight, because there is nothing that I want to eat. I just drink water and eat ice, but it is because everything is unappealing. I can’t sleep and wander around the house cleaning things that I know are clean. But during the day, I just can’t get up. I feel so very heavy, like there are weights on my feet. I am so tired and fatigued when these things come on me. I also have such a feeling of worthlessness and guilt, like I am responsible for everything in the world that is wrong. I can’t concentrate or come to conclusions. And although I would never kill myself, I sometimes wonder why I go on when I have these episodes. It seems so pointless.” Penny meets criteria for what?  

Mary, a person with depression indicates that her life is devoid of pleasure and positive emotion. She states, “I just don’t enjoy anything anymore. I always had a wonderful time when Todd and I went on vacations to interesting places. We went to Amsterdam last month and it was so colorless and drab. I loved being out in nature, riding my bike and surfing. I loved my home and just sitting in the kitchen watching the birds from my kitchen table gave me such pleasure. Reading a good novel or watching an excellent play were all sources of such fun for me. But now I find no delight in anything. The pleasure has just been sucked out of my life.” Mary is describing what?  

Which of the following diagnoses are correct for Bipolar II Disorder?  

In 1959 at age18, Karl was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia when he was as junior undergraduate engineering major at Auburn University. He was transferred to Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa for treatment. He was administered the antipsychotic that was first introduced in psychiatric facilities in 1954. Karl began to take his medication and responded well enough to treatment that he was eventually able to leave the hospital and go back to his home in Opelika, Alabama. The medication he was given was which of the following?  

In group communication, _____ means that the behavior of one group member impacts all other members. 

Dax has been working on his speech for several weeks. After carefully crafting his purpose and thesis, Dax did extensive research and organized his main points and subpoints. He has a strong introduction and conclusion and is very proud of his formal outline. A few days before his speech, Dax prepares informal speaking notes and begins to practice. Although he has put so much work into his speech, he doesn’t want to appear stiff or formal. He wants to give which type of speech, so he can appear natural and relaxed?

Family _________ are based on the social and emotional functions that your behaviors serve within your family. 

Rejection, obligations in others, hurt to others, and violation of other people’s privacy are all _____________ of self-disclosure.

Excessive use of ______ can make someone feel like an outsider.

Which of the following is NOT a model of communication?