What Was the Initial Explanation for the Sensitivity of Cancer

question 28

Multiple Choice

What was the initial explanation for the sensitivity of cancer cells to radiation therapy and chemotherapy as compared to normal cells?

• A)Cancer cells are sensitive to radiation and chemotherapy because they divide more rapidly.
• B)Cancer cells are sensitive to radiation and chemotherapy because once they sustain genetic damage, they continue through the cell cycle while repair is incomplete and that triggers metastasis.
• C)Cancer cells are sensitive to radiation and chemotherapy because they divide more slowly.
• D)Cancer cells are sensitive to radiation and chemotherapy because they will not undergo apoptosis.

Grasp the criteria for evaluating and selecting therapeutic services and the importance of therapist-client compatibility.

Understand the process and dynamics of therapy, including the potential for client resistance and the therapist's role.

Recognize the role of medication and other biological treatments in managing mental illness.

Understand research methodologies employed in psychotherapy effectiveness studies, including controlling for biases.

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Definitions:

Actor-Observer Effect

A psychological tendency to attribute one’s own actions to external factors while attributing others’ actions to their internal characteristics.

Self-Serving Bias

The common human tendency to attribute positive events to their own character but attribute negative events to external factors.

Personal Experience

An individual’s direct observation or participation in events, forming the basis for knowledge, attitudes, or beliefs.

Inherited

The transfer of physical, genetic, or characteristic traits from parents to offspring through genes.