Psychological maltreatment and physical abuse of children can produce permanent physical changes in the limbic system of the brain.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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At a treatment planning conference, a psychologist is describing a new client who has been diagnosed with a personality disorder. The psychologist is emphasizing the ego-syntonic nature of the client's problems because
a. treatment will have to focus on the client's weak ego. b. the client might not be motivated for treatment. c. the client is an excellent candidate for treatment. d. the problems are psychotic in nature.
A number of factors have been identified that decrease the impact of life stresses. These factors are referred to as:
A. assimilation B. conservation C. androgyny D. resiliency
Analyses of the diaries of four mass killers indicate they suffered from paranoid personality disorder rather than being psychopaths. This differential diagnosis was made on the basis that . . .
a. The killers displayed intense emotions over their perceived rejection by others b. Psychopaths usually display much more anger than did these killers c. Both of the above d. Neither of the above
The four basic properties of consciousness are:
A) selectivity, unity, intentionality, and self-consciousness. B) selectivity, transience, phenomenology, and dichotomy. C) intentionality, unity, selectivity, and transience. D) intentionality, dichotomy, selectivity, and transience.