Reba has experienced constant grief since her sister died in a car accident 10 days ago. She finds she often cries herself to sleep at night, and she sometimes daydreams about her sister. In spite of her grief, Reba has still been attending her classes at the university. In this example, Reba's grief would most likely be considered:

a. emotionally disturbing but psychologically normal
b. emotionally disturbing and psychologically abnormal
c. dysfunctional and psychologically abnormal
d. dysfunctional but psychologically normal


A

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Critiques of the empirically supported treatment approach are most likely to state that:

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