About 66,000 cases of child sexual abuse were confirmed in 2010. This number
A) greatly underestimates the extent of sexual abuse, since many victims remain silent.
B) overestimates the number of cases because of children's unreliable reporting.
C) represents about 30,000 cases perpetrated by women and about 36,000 by men.
D) consists mostly of abuse by a stranger.
A
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Which of the following is one of the assumptions of the psychodynamic theories of personality that has NOT obtained considerable acceptance?
a. Unconscious forces can influence behavior. b. Early childhood experiences can influence adult personality. c. Sexual and aggressive impulses are the driving force of behavior. d. Internal conflict can play a key role in generating psychological distress.
Your text describes imagery performance of a patient with unilateral neglect. This patient was asked to imagine himself standing at one end of a familiar plaza and to report the objects he saw. His behavior shows
A. neglect manifests itself in perception only, not in imagery. B. neglect occurred in imagery such that some objects in the plaza were never reported. C. neglect involved both the left and right sides of the visual field, with an apparently "random" agnosia of different components of the fields. D. neglect always occurred on the left side of the image, with "left side" being determined by the direction in which the patient imagined he was positioned.
The phrase "stream of consciousness" is closely associated with Sigmund Freud
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Compared to effectiveness studies, efficacy studies of psychotherapy outcome generally have
A. greater internal validity. B. greater external validity. C. little or no criteria for who is allowed to participate. D. significant funding from the American Counseling Association.