What is not an obstacle to research on the effectiveness of psychotherapy?
A. Lack of medical technology to determine the effects of psychotherapy on brain functioning
B. Finding a "no-treatment" control group
C. Defining what an "effective outcome" is
D. The variables in real-world applications of therapy
Answer: A
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a. who didn't face the embarrassment of being treated as heroes had lower rates of PTSD. b. from units that encouraged independence had lower rates of PTSD. c. who did not receive social support on their return had high rates of PTSD. d. who had high social support through the Veterans Administration still had high rates of PTSD.
In Skinner’s version of the cumulative record, the rate of responding corresponded to the
a. length of the paper on which the cumulative record was drawn. b. number of movements of the pen from the bottom to the top of the paper. c. steepness of the line that the pen traced on the paper. d. distance from the bottom to the top of the paper.
Miley is taking a pottery class. She tries to make a vase on the potter's wheel, but it keeps collapsing on her. "You see!" she says, "I can't do anything right! I'm a failure at everything!"
This type of thinking is a good example of the _______________ explanatory style that is often seen with depression. FIll in the blank with correct word.
Relapse prevention refers to a treatment mode that views relapse as
A. a failure of cognitive and behavioral coping skills. B. a failure of willpower. C. proof that a person will never be able to control his or her drinking. D. an insurmountable obstacle to treatment for substance abuse.