With tears in her eyes, Carole told her helper that once again, her boyfriend had broken up with her. In all of her thirty-five years, no man stayed with her more than a few months. Carole said that in every case she started the relationship with hope that it would become permanent and in every case the boyfriend became abusive and wound up cheating on her. She would once again slide into
depression and tell herself that she was no good, unattractive, and unworthy of love. Typically, she would stay depressed until another man expressed interest in her when, once again, she’d feel excited and optimistic to only experience his abuse.
Her counselor focused on this pattern: a happy beginning to the relationship; abuse; cheating, the break up; and Carole’s depression. In doing so, he noted that she was stuck in a(n) ____.
A. disorganized state
B. vicious circle
C. entropic state
D. state of false hope
ANS: B
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a. lead to increased communication among persons with disabilities and helped develop a more collective identity. b. decreased the access of persons with disabilities to necessary resources and communication with one another. c. not changed the amount of access persons with disabilities have to the disability subculture. d. lead to a lot of turmoil among members of the disability subculture.
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a. a leader senses that a member is blocking affect surrounding an experience b. members of a task group are willing to take risks. c. a group member is opening up about his feelings toward his mother d. a group member comes into the group under the influence of a drug e. the leader does not have much experience with group work.
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a. slips of the tongue. b. ego defense mechanisms. c. id defense processes. d. latent dream material.