Cheryl spends four hours every day in the shower, scrubbing her skin raw with a loofa brush for fear that she is contaminated with urine or feces. She sees a cognitive-behavioral therapist for treatment. The cognitive-behavioral therapist is most likely to write which note about Cheryl's case?
a. "Guarding against own unacceptable urges; uses reaction formation as a general defense."
b. "Engages in superstitious behavior; probably associating hand washing with some previous situation where it led to reinforcement.".
c. "Neurotransmitters not functioning properly; needs medication.".
d. "Need to correct dysfunctional beliefs in order to reduce anxiety over cleanliness.".
d
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a. your judgment of right and wrong in this situation b. what you would do in this situation c. whether your intended behavior in this situation is consistent with your moral judgment about it d. your reasons for whatever moral judgment you had about the situation
A teacher who works with students with psychiatric disorders must be familiar with the act known as ________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Hilda Bruch, a pioneer investigator of psychological processes involved in eating disorders, proposed that the self-starvation of individuals with anorexia was ____
a. related to their struggle for autonomy, competence, control and self-respect b. an effort to punish their cold and controlling parents c. an effort to prevent physical maturation d. related to disturbed thought patterns arising from exposure to environmental toxins
To help us make sense out of sensations, our brain creates our perceptions by using preexisting knowledge, such as
a. transduction and feature detectors. b. sensory coding and sensory localization. c. the principles of perceptual grouping and perceptual constancies. d. the principle of accommodation and psi phenomena.