All of the Following Treatment Methods Have Been Tested in Controlled

question 44

Multiple Choice

All of the following treatment methods have been tested in controlled trials with children suffering from conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder EXCEPT

• A) parent management training.
• B) pharmacological interventions.
• C) school- and community-based treatments.
• D) problem-solving skills training.
• E) Gestalt therapy.

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Definitions:

Mental Resources

Cognitive capacities and energies available to an individual for processing information and solving problems.

Treisman's Attenuation Theory

Treisman's Attenuation Theory is a model of selective attention that proposes a weakened strength of unattended messages rather than a complete blockage, allowing for meaningful stimuli to be processed at a lower priority.

Cocktail Party Effect

The ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, as in a noisy environment.

Spotlight Metaphor

A model that describes how attention is focused on specific aspects of the visual field, selecting certain details for processing while ignoring others.