What does research suggest about the effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous as treatment for substance abuse?
a) Attendance at AA meetings increases abstinence rates.
b) AA has no effect on abstinence rates.
c) Humanistic therapy has better evidence for effectiveness.
d) The findings are inconsistent.
d) The findings are inconsistent.
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American psychiatrist Thomas Szasz has taken the somewhat radical position that
a. even people who commit serious crimes should not be imprisoned if they are suffering from a mental disorder. b. that everyone who commits a crime is mentally ill to some degree. c. even people who are seriously mentally ill should still be held responsible for their behavior. d. that all criminals should be allowed access to psychiatric treatment.
What is one common factor that appears to be very important?
A. being nondirective in the therapist's interaction with the client B. a warm, trusting, and accepting relationship between the client and therapist C. successfully identifying the type of unconscious conflict underlying the problem D. being reflective
While most of his friends have steady girlfriends, Gilbert doesn't date anyone while he is in graduate school. According to Erikson, Gilbert is having a negative resolution of which conflict?
A. integrity vs. despair B. intimacy vs. isolation C. generativity vs. stagnation D. identity vs. role confusion
Cognitive dissonance theory is an attempt to explain ____.?
a. ?attitude inconsistency b. ?behavior inconsistency c. ?behavior constancy d. ?attitude change