Summarize the Research on the Effectiveness of Various Types of Psychotherapy

question 13

Essay

Summarize the research on the effectiveness of various types of psychotherapy, and on the effectiveness of psychotherapy in general.

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Definitions:

Encoding Failure

A situation in which information does not get stored in long-term memory because of inadequate or insufficient encoding processes.

Storage Failure

A failure in the ability to retain information over time, typically referring to long-term memory loss.

State-dependent Memory

The phenomenon that information learned in a specific mental or emotional state is more easily recalled when in that same state.

Memory Construction

The process by which the brain pieces together bits of information to create or reconstruct memories.