N'Faly and Iarla Are Both Attending Psychotherapy to Cure Their

question 102

Multiple Choice

N'Faly and Iarla are both attending psychotherapy to cure their agoraphobia. N'Faly's therapist is using a traditional exposure method, through which N'Faly will gradually get further and further from his house. Iarla is using a controversial new method, involving standing outside his house and screaming. What does research suggest will be the outcome of these therapies?

• A) N'Faly will have less success.
• B) Iarla will have more success.
• C) Neither N'Faly nor Iarla will be more successful than the other.
• D) If N'Faly and Iarla both believe they chose the therapy, they will experience some success.

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