Last year Leslie shot and killed her husband after years of abuse. She has rejected a plea bargain and is ready for trial. Her defense attorney is going to call experts on the battered woman syndrome. What question will the prosecution want to ask the
experts on the battered woman syndrome?
a. "Which DSM diagnosis best fits the defendant and her behavior?"
b. "How can you distinguish dissociation from the battered woman syndrome?"
c. "Why does the defendant have complete recall for the events surrounding the killing?"
d. "How can someone who is suffering from learned helplessness bring herself to kill?"
Answer: d.
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A. facilitate transference B. eliminate the client's undesirable behaviors C. provide unconditional positive regard D. help the client become more aware of his or her own feelings
Qualitative data are typically collected by ____
a. open-ended interviewing and observations b. already developed observational and assessment tools c. controlled and structured interviewing d. forced choice survey questions
Which of these best fits the reason why the authors of the VIA-IS chose to organize strengths under 6 overarching virtues?
a. The virtues are seen cross-culturally and throughout time. b. The strengths are not observable on their own, but rather as a whole. c. To understand each virtue’s prevalence within six ethnic groups. d. To eliminate the strengths that fit outside of those virtues.
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A. a discriminative conditioned stimulus. B. a reinforcer. C. under stimulus control. D. a stimulus predictor.