Maura has an anxiety disorder. She is currently seeing a therapist who believes that anxiety disorders are a result of distorted, irrational thought processes. Maura is probably seeking treatment from a __________.

A. behavioral psychologist
B. cognitive psychologist
C. psychoanalyst
D. psychologist with a biological perspective


Answer: B

Psychology

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A. a deviant delinquent B. a conduct disorder criminal C. an oppositional defiant offender D. an undersocialized delinquent

Psychology

According to Adler, _____ involves the persistent parental gratification of a child's needs and desires, leading to feelings of entitlement as well as tyrannical and manipulative behavior

a. overpermissiveness c. overdomination b. overprotection d. overindulgence

Psychology

Robinson was always well fed. At age three, he and his family were shipwrecked, and for weeks, he suffered malnutrition. After being rescued, Robinson probably

a. failed to recover and soon died. b. developed symptoms of kwashiorkor. c. had catch-up growth and then developed normally. d. continued for life to suffer symptoms of malnutrition.

Psychology

With epileptic patients, the purpose of severing the corpus callosum is to

a. confine the seizures to one hemisphere. b. mimic a lobotomy. c. minimize seizure activity to both hemispheres. d. rid the patient of brain seizures.

Psychology