BBH 311 Quiz 5 Study Questions and
Solutions
What do the authors mean when they use the words "affect volatility" or "emotion
votality" ✅the degree of variability (lability, or scatter are also acceptable words) in
emotions or affect over time
In other words, it is the degree of change in emotions that are self-reported over many
occasions
2 factors that indicate a low ses/high-risk sample ✅more than half of the participants
did not have a high school education
Less than half made more than $10k per year
Participants smoked an average of 20 cigarettes per day
More than half smoked within the first five minutes after they woke up
T/f
Affect volatility mediated the association between trait mindfulness and smoking
cessation ✅false, it did not
T/f
Mindfulness was not associated with volatility of positive affect? ✅true
What was the key subscale that was able to differentiate between those who did and did
not have me/cfs? ✅the post exertional malaise subscale of the depaul symtom
questionnaire
A score of 20 or higher differentiated between those with and without me/cfs
What does this mean? ✅providers don't need to give patients a bunch of
questionnaires or spend a ton of time talking to them about their fatigue
Just give them the post-exertional malaise subscale, score it, and make a decision from
there
What should you do if someone tells you that you wont be able to succeed in the career
path youve chosen? ✅dont let them hold you back
, T/f
a 20yo started to have difficulties with attention that they hadnt had before and it would
be wise for their doctor to conduct adhd testing ✅false
Symptoms must be present before age 10
When are females just as likely as males to meet criteria for oppositional defiant
disorder (odd) ✅during adolescence
T/f
You must meet criteria for odd before meeting criteria for conduct disorder? ✅false
A subset of kids seem to go straight from adhd to cd
T/f
If your child meets criteria for odd, they have a 75% or greater chance of meeting
criteria for cd in the future ✅false
It isnt clear, but 33%was identified in one study
Conduct disorder ✅age 15 or earlier
Before antisocial personality disorder
Physiological differences ✅in stress responses between children with and without
disruptive behavior disorders
Odd and emotion regulation ✅
Intervention evidence ✅
What do the authors mean when they use the term psychogenic cardiovascular
disease? ✅they developed heart disease from being in certain locations or
environments
Clinical microneurography ✅used to see how the body reacts to detect cardiovascular
disease
Allows clinicians to test reactions of nerves of the sympathetic nervous system
T/f
Solutions
What do the authors mean when they use the words "affect volatility" or "emotion
votality" ✅the degree of variability (lability, or scatter are also acceptable words) in
emotions or affect over time
In other words, it is the degree of change in emotions that are self-reported over many
occasions
2 factors that indicate a low ses/high-risk sample ✅more than half of the participants
did not have a high school education
Less than half made more than $10k per year
Participants smoked an average of 20 cigarettes per day
More than half smoked within the first five minutes after they woke up
T/f
Affect volatility mediated the association between trait mindfulness and smoking
cessation ✅false, it did not
T/f
Mindfulness was not associated with volatility of positive affect? ✅true
What was the key subscale that was able to differentiate between those who did and did
not have me/cfs? ✅the post exertional malaise subscale of the depaul symtom
questionnaire
A score of 20 or higher differentiated between those with and without me/cfs
What does this mean? ✅providers don't need to give patients a bunch of
questionnaires or spend a ton of time talking to them about their fatigue
Just give them the post-exertional malaise subscale, score it, and make a decision from
there
What should you do if someone tells you that you wont be able to succeed in the career
path youve chosen? ✅dont let them hold you back
, T/f
a 20yo started to have difficulties with attention that they hadnt had before and it would
be wise for their doctor to conduct adhd testing ✅false
Symptoms must be present before age 10
When are females just as likely as males to meet criteria for oppositional defiant
disorder (odd) ✅during adolescence
T/f
You must meet criteria for odd before meeting criteria for conduct disorder? ✅false
A subset of kids seem to go straight from adhd to cd
T/f
If your child meets criteria for odd, they have a 75% or greater chance of meeting
criteria for cd in the future ✅false
It isnt clear, but 33%was identified in one study
Conduct disorder ✅age 15 or earlier
Before antisocial personality disorder
Physiological differences ✅in stress responses between children with and without
disruptive behavior disorders
Odd and emotion regulation ✅
Intervention evidence ✅
What do the authors mean when they use the term psychogenic cardiovascular
disease? ✅they developed heart disease from being in certain locations or
environments
Clinical microneurography ✅used to see how the body reacts to detect cardiovascular
disease
Allows clinicians to test reactions of nerves of the sympathetic nervous system
T/f
