Michelle has a warm relationship with her psychoanalyst. Over the last few years, her depression has lessened considerably. Both Michelle and her analyst attribute her improvement to the insight she has gained into her unconscious as a result of therapy. In actuality, however, her improvement is due to having an understanding person with whom to talk. Michelle's improvement illustrates:
A) a process effect.
B) a nonspecific treatment effect.
C) natural improvement.
D) an error in reconstructive memory.
B) a nonspecific treatment effect.
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a. mood b. somatoform c. organic mental d. dissociative
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a. broad reasoning skills c. musical skill b. general problem solving abilities d. coping strategies
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a) 0 to 60. b) 130 to 200. c) 90 to 110. d) 70 to 130.
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a) concrete operations stage. b) preoperational stage. c) reversibility stage. d) formal operations stage.