Cynthia enters therapy because she is concerned about her inability to become sexually aroused. Which aspect of her circumstance will likely be explored by her therapist to help determine why she experiences this disorder?
a. She has an expectation that she should be sexually satisfied when she has sex.
b. She was given information that was too realistic about sex when she was a child.
c
She has never been sexually assaulted or molested.
d. She has conflicts with her sexual partner.
d
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Researchers have given children either psychostimulant drugs or placebo for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. They are interested in how the mothers will react to their children. What do they find?
a. Parent behavior seems to be the primary cause of much of a child's hyperactivity. b. When their children are on medication, mothers are less negative and less controlling. c. Based on the response of parents, the effects of psychostimulants can be attributed to a placebo effect. d. Parents do not seem to respond any differently to children when they are on or off psychostimulant medication.
Whenever Greta thinks about the problems in her life, she automatically bursts into tears. This example most clearly illustrates the impact of ________ in psychological disorders
a) personal distress b) defensiveness c) denial d) disability