Devina is getting tested for language disorder. The clinician asks her to repeat back the following words, nonderstonker, tumtasnium, and billybumpkins. What is the clinician likely assessing?
a. auditory perception problems
b. problems with phonological short-term memory
c. deficits in rapid temporal processing
d. deficits in grammar
b. problems with phonological short-term memory
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A. logistic regression B. multiple regression C. factor analysis D. cluster analysis
In the context of Gestalt therapy, what is meant by catastrophic expectations?
a. If we are pessimists, we tend to have expectations that life will be catastrophic for no apparent reason. b. Catastrophic expectations occur when clients have had bad experiences with other therapists. Gestalt therapy is appropriate for these clients because it is different from what is expected. c. If as children we act independently and spontaneously only to find ourselves severely punished or rejected, we grow up to think that following our impulses is dangerous. d. Gestalt therapists believe that psychotic clients have catastrophic expectations that are very difficult to treat. e. Fritz Perls warned Gestalt therapists that expecting too much change from a client can be catastrophic for the client.
Instrumental use is the primary motivation for drug abuse.
a. true b. false
A(n) ______ is the sequence of significant events, experiences, and transitions in a person's life.
A. developmental history B. self history C. personal history D. event history