Briefly summarize two advantages of evidence-based practice and two disadvantages of evidence-based practice.
What will be an ideal response?
Advantages include scientific legitimacy; establishment of minimal levels of competence; training improvements in graduate programs; and a decreased reliance on clinical judgment, which is susceptible to bias. Disadvantages include threats to the psychotherapy relationship/alliance, diagnostic complications, restrictions on practice, and debatable criteria for empirical evidence.
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a. ?your physical height is due to genes, and the other 20 percent is due to environment b. ?people studied have the same genes for height c. ?the differences in height among people are due to genes d. ?your genes for height have been activated
On a fixed-ratio schedule reinforcement is given ________
a) after randomly varying amounts of time have passed b) after a set number of responses have been made c) after a set amount of time has passed d) after a varying number of responses have been made
If you are looking at a slide of muscle, and you see no bands or stripes, what type of muscle does it have to be?
a. Striated or skeletal muscle b. Smooth muscle c. Cardiac muscle d. Endogenous muscle
Which of the following would be considered the most highly canalized trait at birth?
A. Sequence of motor development B. Language development C. Antisocial behavior D. Tendency toward early sexual activity