Bill runs a support group for individuals who have been diagnosed with a histrionic personality
disorder. He administers a personality measure to the 12 group members finding that the mean score
is 20, and the standard deviation is 6 .
How can this standard deviation be interpreted?
a) Six units from the mean are statistically significant
b) Six units from the mean are statistically and clinically significant
c) Measures the extent that a score will vary from the mean
d) Average score for the measure is 14
c
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What would be an ideal response?
Cognitive schemas are:
A. Core beliefs about self, others, and the world (and how everything works) B. Plans or maps of the actual brain and how it produces different responses when stimulated at irregular intervals C. Progress charts used in therapy to assess improvements in individual, couple, and family functioning D. Ways to get around the irrational thoughts and beliefs that people develop over a lifetime
For which therapy process is Pavlov’s classical conditioning model a foundation?
A. Systematic desensitization with phobias and other anxieties B. Implosion C. Exposure therapy D. All of the above
Families that involve marriages or long-term relationships between partners who each have children from previous marriages/long-term relationships are often referred to as:
a. dysfunctional families b. blended families c. mixed marriages d. heterogeneous marriages