Joyce Adams, a clinical psychologist, administered a personality test to her client, John. When delivering the results, Dr. Adams avoided stigmatizing words and instead used words to facilitate positive growth and development. Dr. Adams was ensuring she did not violate her clients’ right to
a. a positive experience.
b. privacy and confidentiality.
c. self-determination.
d. protection from stigma.
d. protection from stigma.
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To overcome occasional, mild insomnia, which of the following is good advice? a. Take some alcohol or tranquilizers to help you get to sleep
b. Get some sunlight and exercise during the middle of the day. c. Spend a couple hours watching television or using a computer just before bedtime. d. Listen to some music while you try to get to sleep.
Mental health professionals use perspectives, called models, to
a. discredit other professional's ideas. b. understand why someone has problems. c. separate symptoms from syndromes. d. apply their own feelings to a diagnosis.
Emotion regulation begins in
a. infancy. c. the school-age years. b. the preschool years. d. adolescence.
Compared to those from Eastern cultures, individuals raised in Western cultures tend to
a. Draw more fine-grained distinctions between different types of groups. b. Stress group-level processes more than individual level processes. c. Attribute individual’s actions to personal qualities rather than group-level processes. d. Stress collective, group-level identity more so than individualize sources of identity.