The Effectiveness of Psychotherapy Has Been Assessed Both Through Clients

question 20

Multiple Choice

The effectiveness of psychotherapy has been assessed both through clients' perspectives and through controlled research studies. What have such assessments found?

• A) Clients' perceptions and controlled studies alike strongly affirm the effectiveness of psychotherapy.
• B) Whereas clients' perceptions strongly affirm the effectiveness of psychotherapy, studies point to more modest results.
• C) Whereas studies strongly affirm the effectiveness of psychotherapy, many clients feel dissatisfied with their progress.
• D) Clients' perceptions and controlled studies alike paint a very mixed picture of the effectiveness of psychotherapy.

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Definitions:

Individual Supply Curves

Graphical representations that show the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of the good that a single producer is willing to supply.

Short-run

A period of time in which at least one input is fixed and cannot be changed, affecting the capacity to adjust production levels.

Long-run Equilibrium

A state in which all factors of production and inputs can be fully adjusted, and there are no fixed variables, resulting in market supply equalling market demand.

Marginal Cost

Marginal cost is the change in total production cost that comes from making or producing one additional unit of a good.