What is the Behavior Lens principle?

What will be an ideal response?


Perhaps the most accurate way to analyze cultural differences in anxiety is using Weisz and colleagues' (2003, p. 384) behavior lens principle, which states that child psychopathology reflects a mix of actual child behavior and the lens through which it is viewed by others in a child's culture.

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Suggestibility inflation is one of the seven sins of memory

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Which of the following is generally NOT considered an advantage of group therapy?

A) ?Clients come to realize that their unhappiness is not necessarily unique. B) ?Group therapy is less expensive for clients. C) ?All types of problems are well suited to it. D) ?Clients can practice their social skills in a safe environment.

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Changes in the limbic system during adolescence may cause

A. increased risk-taking. B. decreased emotionality. C. decreased responsiveness to rewards. D. decreased responsiveness to stress.

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One underlying message of the later-life driving discussion is that:

a) society is doing a great job at weeding out at-risk drivers. b) many at-risk older drivers are probably still on the road. c) it's fairly easy to convince older people not to drive. d) we can clearly decide who should be driving and who should not.

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