When clinicians use "empirically-supported" therapies, they will do all of the following EXCEPT
a. rely mainly on intuition in the selection of therapies for specific disorders.
b. seek guidance from research experiments.
c. have a better understanding of which therapies "work" best for specific types of problems.
d. weed out fringe "therapies" that have little or no value.
A
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Allport's own childhood was characterized by:
a. a doting mother. c. a punitive and demanding father. b. feelings of isolation. d. many playmates and friends.
Our subjective experience of the external world and our mind is called:
A) self-perception. B) objective reality. C) consciousness. D) unconscious processing.
Henry was adopted and is genetically predisposed toward alcoholism. However, his adoptive family does not drink; they actively avoid alcohol for religious reasons. Given Henry's genetic potential
he will most certainly become an alcoholic later in life. he may drink without worry as an adult because of his early upbringing. alcoholism might not appear in Henry's phenotype. alcoholism may alter his genotype.
Imagine that a child drops a ball from her highchair and sees it fall to the ground. Later, as she sits in her bed, she holds a toy and she expects that, if she drops the toy outside of her bed, that it will fall to the floor. In fact, she believes that this type of effect will occur whenever she drops an object. This best illustrates:
a. deductive reasoning. b. inductive reasoning. c. theory-driven research. d. hypothetical reasoning.