According to the most recent research, which of the following is true?
a. Behavior therapy is more effective than insight therapy in treating anxiety and personality disorders.
b. Individual psychotherapy is no more effective against neurotic disorders than no therapy at all.
c. Psychotherapy is more effective than receiving no therapy at all.
d. Group therapy is more effective than individual therapy in treating a wide range of disorders.
Answer: c
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A) Concrete operational reasoning B) Formal operational reasoning C) Preoperational reasoning D) Postformal operational reasoning
Timothy served in the U.S. army in Iraq and experienced severe and repeated traumatic stresses during his tour of duty. Upon returning to the U.S., Timothy appeared to his friends to be emotionally numb, avoided watching any news program when the Iraq war was mentioned, and confided to his parents that he cannot stop thinking about what he experienced in Iraq. Timothy should be referred to a
psychologist to help treat his a. psychosis. b. stress disorder. c. conversion disorder. d. depersonalization disorder.
Susan, a researcher, conducts a study at a fruit and vegetable stand. She observes the stand's customers for a period of 3 days without their knowledge and notices that people are more likely to buy a bag of fruit and vegetables that they have sampled at random than those that have been sampled nonrandomly by the seller. Which statement is TRUE of Susan's observation?
A) The study is invalid, as the buyers were not informed of the expected outcome of the study. B) Susan has failed to avoid demand characteristics in her study. C) The buyers have considered random samples to be representative of the whole. D) Susan has used a double-blind observation in her study.
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A. stimulating GABA receptors B. facilitating binding of GABA to its receptors C. inhibiting GABA receptors D. decreasing binding of GABA to its receptors