Which Person Described Below Is the "Typical" Client in Psychotherapy

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which person described below is the "typical" client in psychotherapy?

• A) A middle-aged woman with a long history of psychotic behavior
• B) An attractive and verbal college student
• C) A man who has been coerced into treatment by the legal system
• D) There is no "typical" client

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Definitions:

Temporal Lobes

The regions of the brain located beneath the Sylvian fissure on both cerebral hemispheres, involved in processing auditory information and encoding memory.

Information-Processing Model

A cognitive approach that compares the mind to a computer, emphasizing how information is input, processed, stored, and retrieved.

Iconic Memory

A type of visual sensory memory that holds a brief photographic image of a scene that has just been observed.

Capacity

The maximum amount that something can contain or the ability to perform, function, or produce effectively.