Taking your clients' cultural beliefs and values into account when making diagnoses and before beginning therapy
illustrates the importance of
a. social accommodation.
b. cultural relativity.
c. ethnocentrism.
d. cultural assimilation.
ANSWER: b
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a. elaborative processing b. redintegration c. consolidation d. priming
You are watching a really scary movie. The main character is about to be attacked by a monster. You look over to the person sitting next to you and see fear in his face. What part of the limbic system allows you to evaluate his expression?
a. hypothalamus c. thalamus b. hippocampus d. amygdala
Two amendments were added to the APA code of ethics in 2010. These amendments emphasize that
A. psychologists cannot use ethical standards from the code to justify or defend the violation of human rights. B. psychologists must provide both digital and paper copies of informed consent documents to cybertherapy patients. C. the APA code of ethics is to be followed even when it conflicts with local, state, or federal law. D. clinical psychologists must obtain a post-doctoral degree in psychopharmacology in order to receive prescription privileges.
Sandi believes that people who eat at McDonald's are overweight, so she decides to do a naturalistic observation of people who eat at McDonald's. What should most concern us about Sandi's observations?
A. The placebo effect B. The bystander effect C. Observer bias D. Participant bias