The factor that accounts for the largest percentage of therapeutic change is the expectancy effect (placebo).
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 2The main goal of solution-focused brief therapy is:
a. elimination of the symptom
b. setting up conditions that allow for the spontaneous achievement of the goal
c. helping clients overcome the dominant discourse
d. for the therapist to provide solutions for clients
Q. 3The most powerful and dominant influencer of human behavior according to psychoanalytic theory is the _________; according to Adlerian thought, this influencer is the __________.
A. conscious mind; unconscious mind
B. unconscious mind; conscious mind
C. preconscious mind; conscious mind
D. conscience; societal pressure
Q. 4A strong belief in the institution of marriage has resulted in more African Americans marrying today than at any time in history.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 5Piper is coming to therapy because her family is having a lot of disagreements.
She realizes that she is antagonized by her parents as well as antagonistic towards them and thinks that she, as well as her parents, can make changes to get things to be better. What type of client is Piper?
a. visitor
b. complainant
c. customer
d. nonconsumer
Q. 6Solution Focused Brief Therapy has been criticized because the focus on the present and on changes needed to address current problems fails to help clients understand their embedded ways of thinking.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 7Family therapists may be at an initial disadvantage in working with culturally diverse groups because the field of marriage and family therapy reflects a predominant European American bias.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 8Which of the following techniques originated with the work of Sigmund Freud?
A. free association
B. catharsis
C. hypnosis
D. insight
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