Psychotherapy relationships are complicated. List some of the things that can be done to improve these relationships.

What will be an ideal response?


Things that can be done to improve these relationships include enhancing the client’s positive expectations through signs of expertness (i.e., displayed diplomas, awards, etc.) and the way one acts toward the client; employing facilitative conditions, especially empathy; and soliciting feedback throughout the process. Other factors include counselor behaviors, especially nonverbal behaviors signaling attentiveness and interest in the client.

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You want to test if the color of the paper will affect the performance of students on a history test. You assign 20 students to write the test on yellow paper and 20 to write on regular white paper. Which test of significance should you use?

A. t test for independent groups B. t test for dependent groups C. t test for single mean D. F test

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Decision making

a. is a very important part of professionalism. b. is best accomplished through the use of an accepted decision-making model. c. should be based on older information and acceptable practice to demonstrate linkage to tradition. d. all of the above (a-c). e. a and b, but not c.

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If an infant feels that she is in danger of falling, her brain will flood the body with

A) ?oxytocin, a chemical that gives the infant energy to assess the situation and respond with crying. B) ?oxytocin, a chemical that instructs the infant to look to her mother's facial features to see if she is safe or in danger. C) ?cortisol, a chemical that gives the infant energy to assess the situation and respond with crying. D) ?cortisol, a chemical that instructs the infant to look to her mother's facial features to see if she is safe or in danger.

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