A-AS Level (CIE) Psychology: Specimen Questions with Answers 67 - 69 of 299

Explanation

Medications for Mood disorders are as follows

• Antidepressants can help to control symptoms and restore neurotransmitter functioning

• Common types of antidepressants are

• Tricyclics

• Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAO)

• Selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI)

• Lithium is the preferred drug for bipolar disorders, side effects can be serious and the dosage must be carefully regulated

Explanation

The stages of Erikson’s psychosocial development are

• Oral-sensory

• Muscular-anal

• Locomotor-genital

• Latency

• Adolescence

• Young-adulthood

• Adulthood

• Maturity-old age

Explanation

Raymond Cattell began with the list of 4,500 adjectives and reduced the list to 170 that they believed captured most of the meanings in the major list.