Michael is a client with social phobia who is seeing a behavioral therapist. If the therapist uses exposure therapy,
a. the therapist is using a technique with no empirical support for this disorder.
b. Michael will have to remain in anxiety-provoking situations until his anxiety subsides.
c. he or she cannot use any other treatment interventions concurrently.
d. none of the above
B
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You overhear two people talking after they see two gay parents attending their adopted child's "back to school night."
One says, "I feel really sorry for their daughter; she would be better off being raised in a single-parent family with no father in the picture rather than in a family with two fathers." The other agrees and adds, "She is going to be all screwed up." Is there research evidence to support any of their claims? What will be an ideal response?
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a. After a "splitbrain" operation, it is possible to send information to one hemisphere or the other. b. After a "splitbrain" operation, each hemisphere will have its own separate perceptions, concepts, and impulses to act. c. If a conflict between the two hemispheres arises after the "splitbrain" operation, one hemisphere will usually override the other. d. Most people show a change in hand dominance after a "splitbrain" operation.
The central route to persuasion occurs when ________.
A. people are interested and respond to arguments with favorable thoughts B. people are drawn to a speaker's attractiveness C. people are influenced by incidental cues D. people are drawn to hints that trigger automatic acceptance without much thinking