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The form of therapy that helps clients recognize errors in logic and to try out new interpretations of events is:

Kevin watched his father recoil from a snake in fear. Now he is afraid of snakes. This apparent acquisition of fear of snakes is an example of:

A man has cheated on his wife and he feels very guilty, but soon he begins to make excuses, saying how his wife has nagged him for years. The defense mechanism that BEST explains his behavior is:

When the original version of the DSM was published in 1952, it was the first manual to address the needs of clinicians, and it:

Little Otto was bitten by a tan pony he was riding at a carnival. The experience left him hurt and frightened. The next month he was visiting his uncle, who had a tan Great Dane dog. It frightened Otto even though he had never had a bad experience with a dog. Otto’s fear of this dog is an example of:

In obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsessions are ____, and the compulsions are ____.

In the United States today, one is MOST likely to find a severely ill mental patient:

DSM criteria of panic attacks include all of the following symptoms EXCEPT

The practice of drilling circular holes in the skulls of people displaying abnormal behaviors in order to free evil spirits was known as _____.

People who engage in frenetic, manic activity may not experience distress even though their behaviors are problematic. They are: