Consider the brief transcript that follows, which was taken from a session with a therapist
(T) involving a 19-year-old college student (C) suffering from anxiety. C: "Sometimes I
can't stand school.
There's so much pressure and so many tests and papers; the work
never seems to end. There's always another deadline to meet. It'sreally getting to me." T:
Sounds to me like you're saying that you needa break, perhaps a long weekend at the
beach?" What therapeutic technique did the therapist demonstrate?
a. Congruence
b. Cognitive restructuring
c. Systematic desensitization
d. Reflection
e. Unconditional positive regard
d. Reflection
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A) objectivism. B) behaviourism. C) absolutism. D) relativism.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Somnambulism, or sleepwalking, is most common among children, peaking between the ages of 4 and 8 2. One should only wake a sleepwalker in life-threatening situations 3. If you wake sleepwalkers, they probably will report that they were dreaming 4. In a narcoleptic attack, a person engaged in waking activities will collapse into a deep, slow-wave sleep 5. We have difficulty remembering most of our dreams several hours after they occur
One of the individual differences that appears to help explain who is likely to develop dissociative identity disorder following childhood trauma is
A. physical health. B. suggestibility. C. number of siblings. D. number of abusers.
A corporate executive who feels guilty about the way she rose to power accuses her colleagues of ruthless ambition. Her behavior typifies ______
a. sublimation c. projection b. identification d. displacement