One primary difference in separation anxiety disorder between children and adolescents is which of the following?

a. In young children, the disorder is seen primarily in males, while in adolescence the disorder is seen primarily in females.
b. Somatic complaints are more common in adolescents with separation anxiety disorder than in children with separation anxiety disorder.
c. Young children with separation anxiety disorder more commonly worry about harm befalling them or other loved ones through unlikely means, while older children worry about more realistic events.
d. Separation anxiety disorder needn’t persist as long to be diagnosed in young children compared to adolescents.


c. Young children with separation anxiety disorder more commonly worry about harm befalling them or other loved ones through unlikely means, while older children worry about more realistic events.

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Which of the following is not considered an event that took place during the “golden age of psychology”?

a. Opening of the VA clinical psychology training program b. Opening of NIMH c. Deinstitutionalization of severely mentally handicapped individuals d. Development of the GI Bill

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The "who told you?" technique is used on Jane by the worker to:

A) ?point out how she deludes herself. B) ?give her a rationale for starting new behaviors that lead to compassion satisfaction. C) ?as a way of safely projecting her anger onto significant others through the countertransference phenomenon. D) ?All of the answers are good reasons the technique is used.

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Grant indicates to his counselor that he has always been drawn to careers such as mechanic, carpenter, and farmer. He explains that he likes to work with equipment and his hands and doesn't necessarily enjoy having to think heavily during work. It appears that Grant falls into the _______ pattern of Holland's types

a. enterprising b. artistic c. social d. realistic e. investigative

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In our society, being normal often is solely the absence of deviance, illness, and disability; the resulting definition of normalcy is one of ___________________.

a. inclusion b. sanctions c. exclusion d. judgment

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