A drug addicted client believes that his anger and thoughts of revenge concerning a former girlfriend led her to becoming HIV positive. The client is demonstrating
A. a psychotic delusion.
B. primary ego damage.
C. magical thinking.
D. brain damage.
C. magical thinking.
Magical thinking, or primary process thinking, is characteristics of very early stages of child development and certain forms of mental illness. It is exemplified by the belief that external events, or people's behavior, can be influenced by thoughts.
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Effective relationship skills include (circle all that apply):
a. manipulating only to get good clinical outcomes. b. helping clients work through transference. c. sharing what they feel. d. telling people what to think. e. assertiveness and aggressiveness.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
You can generalize your study findings to your study population on a scientific basis if you employ a convenience sample.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
When you enter data on a nominal variable like gender, you will normally give a number for each identified gender category (e.g., 1 for male, 2 for female, and 3 for transgender) as you enter the data, but these numbers are used just to differentiate the categories, and do not represent any order among categories of a variable.
Statistical analysis of data deals with the issue of ______.
A. chance B. generalization of study findings C. causation D. validity