Effects in therapy can be global or specific—that is, they can improve the person’s general functioning, or improve the specific issue(s) that the therapy targets. Which of the following is true of these global and specific functioning improvements in children and adults?

a. Research tends to show a global effect of therapy in children and a more specific effect in adults.
b. Research tends to show a global effect of therapy in both children and adults.
c. Research tends to show a specific effect of therapy in children and a more global effect in adults.
d. Research tends to show a specific effect for both children and adults.


c. Research tends to show a specific effect of therapy in children and a more global effect in adults.

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A test that is most closely corresponds to the DSM-IV conceptualization of Personality Disorders is the:

a) NEO-PI-R b) Millon Clinical Multi-axial Inventory—III c) Myers-Briggs d) Rorschach

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The _____________________ viewpoint of psychoanalysis maintains that your personality and behavior were fixed by the time you were about 6 years old

a. fatalistic b. deterministic c. puritan d. developmental e. hierarchical

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ALL BUT WHICH of the following concepts refer to the fact that changes in the value of one variable will result in a systematic change in the other variable

a) Correlation coefficient b) Shared variance c) Positive correlation d) Negative correlation

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Because family counseling sessions can become emotionally charged, the effective family counselor tends to be:

A. more focused on the individual, supporting their growth. B. concerned primarily with linear causality and substituting symptoms. C. more active and directive, yet flexible in structuring treatment plans. D. more rigid and less flexible in approach, guarding the family’s homeostasis.

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