While many clinicians believe that developing more descriptive assessments would be of benefit in both research and clinical settings, this is unlikely to happen because
a. the benefit of an efficient shorthand for communicating about disorders outweighs all other considerations.
b. it would never be reliable and valid.
c. they are time consuming and therefore expensive.
d. the different theoretical approaches will probably never be able to agree on the descriptions.
c
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Lahey argues that attempts to determine the effects of pornography are missing the point because they have not focused on what?
a. The voices of women b. The impact of pornography on overall relationship satisfaction c. The voices of children harmed through the pornography industry d. The motivations behind people's use of pornography
Cognitive therapy is:
A) likely to focus on changing the beliefs and attitudes that create and compound people's problems. B) likely to focus on past experiences that contribute to psychological disorders and not on present attitudes of people. C) unlikely to directly change maladaptive thoughts. D) unlikely to foster self-insight.
According to Freud, in order to reduce the anxieties resulting from an imbalance among the three parts of the personality, the ego often employs
a. organismic valuing. b. primary process thinking. c. congruence. d. defense mechanisms.
Linda's house was flooded in a hurricane. Upon losing her home, she had nightmares, disturbed sleep, and anxiety that lasted about six weeks. Linda most likely suffered from __________
a) acute stress disorder. b) external locus of control. c) catastrophic stress. d) post-traumatic stress disorder.