When Dr. Bentley is asked to explain troubled adolescents, she says, "The only way to explain the problems of adolescents is to study them in relation to their parents and the culture that surrounds them.". Dr. Bentley is most likely a proponent of ____ theory
a. psychodynamic
b. cognitive developmental
c. ecological
d. social cognitive
c
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Psychoanalysis was developed by:
A. John Watson B. Carl Rogers C. Sigmund Freud D. Albert Ellis
In a study that compared twins to unrelated pairs of students, who were the same age and sex, the unrelated pairs of students were
a. almost as alike as the twins. b. much less alike than the twins. c. more alike than the twins. d. more motivated to find similarities than the twins were.
The Coolidge effect illustrates which characteristic of sexual attractiveness?
a. novelty b. skills c. appearance d. youth
The criteria used to classify and define mental disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders represent an illustration of which of the following goals of the scientific method?
A. description B. prediction C. explanation D. therapy