Unlike individual, group, and couples therapy, there is an agreed-upon technique for conducting family therapy.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 2Psychoanalytic theorists have proposed which of the following theories regarding the
etiology of elimination disorders?
a. They are outward expressions of childhood anxieties about sexual conflicts
between the children and their mothers.
b. They arise in situations of conflict between children and their parents. These
conflicts may be directly related to toilet training or may reflect other family
problems.
c. They result from inadequate or incomplete toilet training.
d. They are the result of a genetic predisposition combined with the experience of
stressful life events, such as a natural disaster or parental divorce.
e. a and b
Question 3In studies of clinical samples, which of the following disorders are most commonly
comorbid with enuresis and encopresis:
a. Anxiety disorders
b. Mood disorders
c. Somatoform disorders
d. Pervasive developmental disorders
e. Disruptive behavior disorders
Question 4The federal government is increasingly interested in funding _______________, which takes basic science research and develops applied practices with it.
a. translational research
b. resilience research
c. integrative research
d. dissemination of research
Question 5Which of the following youth with childhood-onset schizophrenia is most likely to have the
best prognosis?
a. Cynthia, an 8-year old girl with an acute-onset of mixed symptoms
b. Aaron, a 6-year old boy with an insidious-onset of positive symptoms
c. Lesley, a 17-year old girl with an acute onset of negative symptoms
d. Selena, a 16-year old girl with an acute onset of positive symptoms
e. Kadeem, a 14-year old boy with an insidious-onset of negative symptoms
Question 6Ellis advocated direct communication and persuasion to encourage clients to change while Freud encouraged therapists to rely on interpretation to effect therapeutic change.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false