_____________ , which helps clients increase their ability to tolerate distress, learn new social skills, and respond more effectively to life situations, is considered the treatment of choice in many clinical circles for borderline personality disorder.
a.) Rational-emotive behavioral therapy
b.) Psychodynamic therapy
c.) Social modeling therapy
d.) Dialectical behavioral therapy
Ans: d.) Dialectical behavioral therapy
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Cognitive psychologists are primarily interested in ____.?
a. ?what makes people unique. b. ?studying and treating abnormal functioning. c. ?thechanges in behavior or mental processes that occur over an individual’s lifetime. d. ?studying judgment, decision making, problem solving, and other aspects of human thought.
Antisocial behaviour, school failure, and risky sexual behaviour are commonly associated with drug abuse. Which of the following statements is made clear about drug use, based on these patterns?
a. Drug use is a symptom, rather than a cause of personal and social maladjustment b. the cause, rather than a symptom of personal and social maladjustment. c. genetically-influenced along with these other problems. d. due to a lack of enforcement of rules in many social areas.
After a sexual assault, Nancy is usually depressed and anxious. She feels restless and blames herself for going for an early morning jog all alone. She also feels guilty and blames herself for being attractive. These symptoms are typical of
A. homophobia. B. heterophobia. C. rape trauma syndrome. D. broken heart syndrome.
Andrea has been diagnosed with psychopathy. According to research conducted by Harpur, Hart, and Hare (1994 ), how would we describe her personality in terms of McCrae and Costa's five-factor model?
a) Low levels of neuroticism and agreeableness b) High levels of neuroticism and low levels of agreeableness and conscientiousness c) High levels of agreeableness but low levels of conscientiousness d) Low levels of introversion, neuroticism, and conscientiousness