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UVA ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAM
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One Cognitive-behavior therapists talk more than
straightforward humanistic therapists
difference between
cognitive-behavior
therapy and
humanistic therapy
is:
I shared results from Efficacy versus effectiveness
my own studies:
Mediation had far
more positive
benefits for families
than the litigation
of child custody
disputes. But rural
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courts with few
resources might not
experience the
same level of
benefits from
mediation. In terms
of psychotherapy
outcome research,
this is an issue of:
On the radio this Dualism
weekend, I heard
someone arguing
that human
consciousness may
exist apart from
activity in the human
brain. (This is true.
The
speaker was trying
to explain near
death experiences.)
This speaker best
represents which of
the following
"isms"?
These are the notes of Cognitive-behavioral
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a therapist who is
treating Frances,
whose case of
depression was
described in the text:
"Client assigned
homework to
monitor conflict with
family
and to try out new
ways of relating to
them." The orientation
of this therapist is
probably
Case studies can be generating; test
useful for ______
hypotheses, but
cases studies
cannot be used to
______hypotheses.
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What term best Equifinality
captures the concept
that the same
disorder can have
multiple causes?
Professors turn test (b) Abnormal behavior differs from normal
averages into letter behavior only by a matter of degree
grades. Some set (c) The cutoff for diagnosing a
stricter cutoffs; some mental disorder can be rather
are more lenient. arbitrary BOTH
This is analogous to
what
important point(s)
about the diagnosis
of mental
disorders:
Which of the All mental disorders involve personal
following statements distress, but mental health professionals
is NOT true? are reluctant to define mental
disorders based on this subjective
criterion
DSM-5 takes a Categorical; qualitatively
__________approach to
classification,
treating disorders as
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