Kaitlyn and Sam have agreed to participate in marriage counseling. They have been married for five years and report they have become bored with their marriage
Initially, what can the marriage therapist tell them regarding the "ups and downs" of marriage?
a) They will need to improve their communication skills to discuss issues.
b) Marital satisfaction will decline if couples do not engage in fun activities.
c) Marital satisfaction begins to decline just after the marriage and it continues to fall until it reaches its lowest point following the birth of children.
d) Couples should spend more time with other married couples to engage in decision- making.
c
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a. Mindfulness occurs when we are "spaced out" in those occasional moments of reduced awareness that we experience each day. b. Cancer patients who are taught mindfulness meditation have lower levels of distress. c. In general, mindfulness is associated with self-knowledge and well-being. d. Mindfulness involves an open, non-judgmental awareness of current experience.
Despite the critiques of the psychodynamic perspective, research indicates that the psychodynamic approach:
A) can be an effective treatment for certain psychological problems. B) does correctly describe the relationship between psychosexual development and adult personality. C) is more accurate than trait theories. D) correctly describes that interaction between the conscious and unconscious aspects of personality.
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a. proactive interference c. retroactive interference b. memory diffusion d. retrograde amnesia
Which of the following effects of LSD in normal adults are similar to the symptoms commonly associated with schizophrenia?
a. profound, and typically pleasant, visual-perceptual distortions of the environment b. enhanced empathy and concerns over interpersonal relationships c. the psychotic state is highly responsive to suggestions from others d. none of these