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.
Ans: C) Unmedicated schizophrenics are too far removed from reality to form the relationship needed.
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The paradigms presented in your text make assumptions about the causes of abnormal behavior that can be too
a. broad. b. narrow. c. untestable. d. vague.
Which best describes the results of the Festinger & Carlsmith cognitive dissonance study
a. attitude change occurred because of persuasive communication delivered by an attractive source b. participants paid $20 changed their attitudes more than those paid $1 c. attitude change occurred because of Pavlovian and operant conditioning processes d. participants paid $1 changed their attitudes more than those paid $20 e. participants changed their behavior to correspond to their attitudes