In the CD-ROM "ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY: INSIDE-OUT," "Etta" has experienced long periods of psychosis. During the video, which of the following made it most difficult for the clinician to conduct his interview

a. her extremely disorganized thought process
b. her active delusions
c. her engagement in hallucinatory experiences
d. her catatonic state


Answer: a. her extremely disorganized thought process

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a. studied the progression of syphilis in a group of African American men without providing diagnosis or treatment b. poured bacteria on scrapes made on prisoners’ faces and arms to transmit syphilis for the purposes of study c. hired syphilis-infected prostitutes to sleep with soldiers to study the progression of the disease d. exposed prisoners, soldiers, and mental patients to syphilis and gonorrhea to test the effectiveness of penicillin

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In Piagetian theory, the innate tendency for structures and processes to become more systematic and coherent is called

a. adaptation. c. assimilation. b. organization. d. accommodation.

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Name one component of psychodynamic psychotherapy that has some empirical evidence to support its practice.

What will be an ideal response?

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Sam presents a conditioned stimulus alone enough times, without pairing it with the unconditioned stimulus, that the conditioned response no longer occurs. Sam is demonstrating

A) reinforcement. B) punishment. C) extinction. D) a novelty preference.

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