Describe cognitive behavioral therapy
What will be an ideal response?
Cognitive behavioral therapy (one variation is called cognitive restructuring) is a short-term (generally 12 or 16 sessions in versions that use manuals to standardize the process) cognitively oriented therapeutic approach designed to challenge dysfunctional automatic thoughts, assumptions, and beliefs that sustain a particular disorder and to replace them with healthier realistic thinking patterns.
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Which of the following is NOT true of intimate partner abuse?
a. A woman is the victim in 85% of nonfatal violent crimes. b. A woman is the victim of 75% of murders by spouses. c. Both men and women are victims. d. It is rarely seen outside of marital relationships.
If Edgar is exhibiting maladaptive behavior, we would expect this behavior to most often result in
a. acute psychotic behavior that would be readily apparent to any observer. b. statistically rare behavior that would be offensive to most people in a culture. c. serious psychological discomfort, disability and/or a loss of control of thoughts, behaviors, or feelings. d. rigidly conforming mannerisms and mutism that would incapacitate the person.
Compared to Canadian agemates, Chinese schoolchildren are more likely to rate lying favorably when ________
A) it is used to cover up antisocial acts B) it supports the individual at the expense of the group C) the intention is modesty D) the intention is self-protection
In the context of the psychoanalytic perspective on human development, identify a true statement about Sigmund Freud.
A. He stated that a response to a stimulus is evoked after repeated association with a stimulus that normally elicits the response. B. He proposed that humans were born with a series of innate, biologically based drives such as hunger, sex, and aggression. C. He devised experiments that were the foundation for classical conditioning. D. He believed in active development and quantitative change.