According to the stages of change model, a key element in the preparation stage is
A. the amount of information that individuals have collected about their problematic behavior.
B. the cost involved in changing one's behavior.
C. whether individuals truly feel they are ready to change.
D. raising one's consciousness about the problem.
Answer: C
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A) situations; personality B) personality; situations C) behaviour; personality D) behaviour; situations
What did Freud refer to as the royal road to the unconscious?
a. free-association c. artistic creations b. dreams d. defense mechanisms
Cognitive therapy for personality disorders focuses on
A) the way other people respond when the client acts inappropriately. B) the external sources of stress that cause psychological breakdown. C) underlying dysfunctional schemas in the client's mind. D) changing the client's understanding of their early childhood.
That the nucleus accumbens is implicated in dissociative identity disorder (DID) suggests that:
a) The presence of alters offer a reward, in the sense of escape from traumatic pain b) There are frequent attentional shifts in patients with DID c) DID has a significant impact on memory d) Alters come and go with rapid frequency