The model supported by studies of the families of borderline patients and indicates that borderline personality disorder can be triggered by _
A. neurochemical imbalances
B. viruses contracted during adolescence
C. parental loss, neglect, mistreatment and emotional invalidation during childhood
D. genetic predisposition
Answer: C. parental loss, neglect, mistreatment and emotional invalidation during childhood
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A. one of the Wechsler scales B. the Stanford-Binet C. the K-ABC D. the MMPI-2
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a. showed high levels of functional fixedness b. was able to overcome functional fixedness c. demonstrated effective use of the availability heuristic d. relied on anchoring and adjustment
Psychoanalytic theory, the best-known psychodynamic approach, grew out of the work of
a. Julian Rotter. b. Carl Rogers. c. Sigmund Freud. d. Abraham Maslow.
In the mind, the software is considered to consist of the
a. brain and nervous system. b. soft tissue surrounding the brain. c. rules and strategies by which information is stored and analyzed. d. language-processing centers.