Available research suggests that treating dissociative disorders does not reduce symptoms

Why do some therapists believe psychotherapy is unsuccessful in treating schizophrenia?

A) Schizophrenia increases the strength of most ego defense mechanisms. B) Insurance does not cover psychotherapy for patients diagnosed as schizophrenic. C) Unmedicated schizophrenics are too far removed from reality to form the relationship needed. D) Excessive dopamine interferes with the process of free association that is requisite to the success of psychotherapy.

What is the major criterion on which a jury’s verdict can be predicted?

A. nonverbal behaviors of the jurors during the trial B. thoughts of the individual jurors just before deliberation begins C. initial vote of the foreperson D. proportion of men to women on the jury