Gestalt therapists are more directive and less insight-oriented than client-centered or existential therapists

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Cognitive behavioral therapies for ADHD focus on

a. teaching children how to "stop and think.". b. teaching parents how to be more authoritarian. c. teaching children how to identify when they need their medication. d. bringing unconscious motives and conflicts to the surface.

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Gender stereotypes of males generally reflect the quality of instrumentality

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The atmosphere in psychiatric wards and mental hospitals changed radically in the mid-1950s with the widespread adoption of which of the following to treat psychopathology?

a. ECT b. psychosurgery c. transcranial magnetic stimulation d. pharmacotherapy

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At a psychology conference, Dr. Albers presents a paper extolling the virtues of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Dr. Zerbolio, who is in the audience, is a staunch critic of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. ALL BUT WHICH is a valid criticism that could be offered by Dr. Zerbolio?

a. "Isn't it possible that by encouraging complete understanding—by spending so much time analyzing past behavior—the therapist and client delay making meaningful changes in the present?" b. "If I'm not mistaken, the research is unclear on whether behavior change necessarily follows insight.". c. "Even if psychoanalytic psychotherapy is effective, it seems to me that it's simply too costly for more than a small percentage of individuals needing treatment.". d. "Based on my understanding, the research suggests that over half of clients receiving psychoanalytic psychotherapy report unsatisfactory relationships with their therapists.".

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