Randy's father recently died in an automobile accident. Since his father's death, Randy has appeared emotionally unchanged but is now frequently truant from school, engages in reckless driving, and fights with other teens
A suitable diagnosis for Randy might be a (n) ___________.
a. adjustment disorder with mixed disturbance of emotion and conduct
b. adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
c. adjustment disorder with disturbance of conduct
d. adjustment disorder unspecified
C
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According to Rogers, all of the following are characteristics of fully functioning persons except:
a. awareness of all experiences. c. unconditional positive regard. b. trust in their own organism. d. a sense of freedom.
Bechara et al. (1997) conducted a study in which they allowed participants to draw from various decks of cards. For some decks, the cards generally signaled a "win" of a small amount of money. Other decks dealt with larger amounts but you could win or lose money. In this study, the people who lacked emotion tended to ____
a. choose only from the decks with larger sums b. choose only from the decks with small wins c. go back to the same deck over and over d. behave similarly to those who were capable of emotion
The result of the Boulder conference was an agreement among clinical psychology training directors that
a. Research was the most essential facet of PhD clinical psychology training. b. PhD clinical psychology training should focus on clinical practice. c. Both practice and research were important parts of PhD clinical psychology training. d. PhD clinical psychology training standards should be revised at least every 10 years.
__________ is the tendency to block the free expression of impulses and primitive ideas-a reflection of the defense mechanism of repression
A) Resistance B) Free association C) Catharsis D) Transference E) Select