Regarding the psychological causes of anxiety disorders, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Psychologists who take a cognitive view believe that distorted thinking causes people to magnify ordinary threats and failures, which leads to distress and anxiety.
b. Humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers believed that anxious individuals have built up unrealistic, mental images of themselves.
c. A behaviorist would explain that the powerful reward of immediate relief from anxiety keeps self-defeating avoidance behaviors alive.
d. Psychologists who take an existential view emphasize that unhealthy anxiety is caused by forbidden id impulses for sex or aggression that threaten to break through into behavior.
D
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a. cognitive c. behavioral b. humanistic d. psychodynamic
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A. intimacy B. activation C. initiation D. passion
In Gestalt therapy, a therapist:
A) leads clients through planned experiences to heighten their awareness of inner conflict. B) chooses a nondirective approach. C) discourages a client from making free choices. D) does not take into account the inner conflicts of a client.
The word amygdala is Latin for:
A) sea horse. B) almond. C) little brain. D) banana.