Which of the following situations is most similar to the concept of reliability in making psychiatric diagnoses?
a) You see identical twins who have identical mannerisms.
b) After watching a new T.V. show, you and a friend independently decide that it is lousy.
c) You're not sure what time a baseball game is on and guess it is at 1:00. You look in the T.V. guide and it is, in fact, at 1:00.
d) You meet someone new at a party and decide she/he is a shy person. Sure enough, she/he hardly speaks to anyone at the party.
b
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a) psychotherapy. b) biomedical therapy. c) physical therapy. d) electroconvulsive shock therapy.
Selective abstraction is a process used in which of the following cognitive distortions?
a. magnification and minimization c. jumping to conclusions b. mental filter d. labeling and mislabeling