The notion that psychopathology is socially constructed is consistent with each of the following statements EXCEPT this one:
a. A number of languages lack words for anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia.
b. Anxiety disorders and major depression are the most common mental disorders in every nation for which data exist.
c. Mental illness is expressed in very different ways in different parts of the world.
d. The types of mental illnesses seen and their rates of occurrence vary greatly from one historical period to another.
Ans: B
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a. punisher. b. reward. c. stimulator. d. depressant.
Dr. Chen, who is Asian American, is about to begin meeting with a young Latino man to administer behavior therapy for anxiety. Dr. Chen is concerned that their ethnic/racial differences will impede the progress of therapy. Being acquainted with the research on this issue, what would you tell him?
a. He's right; when the therapist and client are not matched with regard to ethnic background, it tends to have a negative effect on the therapeutic outcome. b. He's wrong; although counterintuitive, when the therapist and client are not matched with regard to ethnic background, it tends to have a positive effect on the therapeutic outcome. c. He's wrong; although counterintuitive, when the therapist and client are not matched with regard to ethnic background, it tends to have a positive effect on the therapeutic outcome, but only when the therapist makes an effort to be culturally sensitive. d. It is uncertain; the research conducted to date on the effect of therapist/client ethnic matching on therapeutic outcome is equivocal.
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a. an attribution c. a stereotype b. a first impression d. an actor-observer bias