Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the child and adolescent psychotherapy outcome literature?

a. Children and adolescents who participate in therapy efficacy studies show greater symptom reduction than youths assigned to control groups.
b. In real-life settings, therapy for children and adolescents works about as well as therapy for adults.
c. Behaviorally based therapies seem to yield greater benefits for children than nonbehavioral treatments.
d. Younger children tend to show the greatest improvements in therapy.


d. Younger children tend to show the greatest improvements in therapy.

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a. true b. false

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A __________ design is often used to chart developmental trajectories

A) ?cross-sectional B) ?longitudinal C) ?sequential D) ?time-lag

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What does the book say about asking questions at this point in your training?

A. Questioning is not listening B. We are not trying to get the client to open up so quickly C. Questions get to the heart of the client’s problems and we want to lead up slowly D. Clients feel more comfortable with questions rather than silence

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Provide an example of interaction between personological variables and treatment (sample characteristics) as a threat to population validity.

What will be an ideal response?

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