Cognitive therapy for personality disorders focuses on
A) the way other people respond when the client acts inappropriately.
B) the external sources of stress that cause psychological breakdown.
C) underlying dysfunctional schemas in the client's mind.
D) changing the client's understanding of their early childhood.
C
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Regarding physical attractiveness, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Beauty is a factor mainly in the initial acquaintance with more meaningful qualities gaining in importance later. b. Beautiful people are generally rated as less intelligent and less likable than average due to other people's jealousy. c. Physical beauty is generally unrelated to actual personal traits, intelligence, and talents. d. As you discover that someone has a good personality, he or she will even start looking more attractive to you.
What are delusions?
a. examples of disorganized speech b. rigidly held, idiosyncratic beliefs c. sensory experiences in the absence of external stimuli d. lifelong convictions that are limited to one's cultural group
The "state in which disease is absent" is a common definition for:
a. Ayurveda. c. curanderos. b. Western medical circles. d. the biopsychosocial approach.
When psychologists talk of focusing on a particular stimulus, what are they referring to?
a. selective attention c. stream of thought b. sensory awareness d. all of these