Researchers who attempt to assess the effectiveness of therapy must contend with ________; that is, the phenomenon in which symptoms disappear without therapy.

a. symptom substitution
b. sudden recovery
c. automatic inhibition
d. random catharsis
e. spontaneous remission


e. spontaneous remission

Psychology

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Your textbook discussed the research on test anxiety, study skills, and reading-comprehension scores in undergraduates. According to this research,

a. students who have high test anxiety tend to report having good study skills, but they still tend to perform poorly on reading-comprehension tests. b. students who have high test anxiety report having poor study skills. c. students who have high test anxiety do not differ from less anxious students on reading-comprehension tests. d. students who have high test anxiety do not differ from low-anxiety students when making inferences from textbook material.

Psychology

Glen is an accomplished guitarist. He can play the guitar with his eyes closed. When he does this, he is quite aware of which frets his fingers are on. He does this with the aid of his vestibular sense

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

__________ is a self-help group for alcohol abusers that was founded by Dr. Bob and Bill W

a. Rational Recovery (RR) b. Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS) c. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) d. Women for Sobriety (WFS)

Psychology

Amelia is watching her baby sister shake a rattle. As long as the rattle is being shaken, all Amelia sees is a blur of color. She can only make out the shape of the rattle when the rattle stops moving. The "blurred" image that Amelia sees as long as the rattle is moving results from the way in which:

a. flashbulb memories are formed b. iconic memory works c. episodic memory is encoded d. rehearsal occurs in short-term memory

Psychology