What is a case study and what are its benefits and drawbacks?
What will be an ideal response?
An in-depth, detailed account of a single case. They are good sources of research ideas and hypotheses. However, information from them does not generalize. They are uncontrolled and often impressionistic, so any conclusions drawn may be incorrect.
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Shana has borderline personality disorder. She is in a therapy session, and tells her therapist she is "sick of the suicidal thoughts and gestures" she always finds herself engaging in. The therapist replies, "I think to give up these kinds of gestures will be very hard. It will probably require a commitment of a year to a therapy program. Can you make that commitment?" "Of course," Shana
replies. "I don't want to live like this." Her therapist counters, "Then you realize if you committed to a year of therapy, that means you cannot commit suicide or the therapy can't work. Do you understand this?" What type of therapy is Shana probably receiving? a. Short-term psychodynamic therapy b. Cognitive-behavioral therapy c. Psychoanalysis d. Dialectical behavior therapy
Which of the following statements is true about dissociative identity disorder? a. DID is easy to fake
b. DID is absolutely impossible to fake. c. Dissociative symptoms may be the result of sleep deprivation d. DID is made up of false memories.
“Spreading activation” means ______.
a. neurons are firing to activate an idea b. a concept will enter working memory c. knowledge is instantiated through existing links, when associated d. the individual has consciously focused on an idea, thus activated related concepts
Which of the following children would be MOST likely to be assessed with the Bayley III Scales of Infant and Toddler Development?
A. A 3-year-old who developed language at an early age B. A newborn who suffered anoxia during delivery C. A 4 1/2-year-old who shows high intelligence D. A 2-year-old who has not yet spoken any words