Which of the following would a common factors advocate say?

a. Counseling strategies predict therapeutic outcome better than common factors.
b. Research testing distinctions in outcome among theoretical approaches has been flawed.
c. Research has proved that practitioners should adjust their theoretical approach according to the client’s diagnosis.
d. Psychology is not an exact science like medicine, so it is not possible to tailor talk treatments to diagnoses.
e. Scientific studies are too focused, singling out participants who have only one tidy diagnosis. Results, therefore, are suspect.


Answer: e

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a. true b. false

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a. race. b. gender. c. religion. d. All of the above.

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a. Rogerian b. Adlerian c. psychodynamic d. REBT e. CBT

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