The Text Gives a Lengthy Discussion of a Form of Treatment

question 96

Multiple Choice

The text gives a lengthy discussion of a form of treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder called EMDR. If you were suffering from this problem and were exploring the possibility of using EMDR as part of your own treatment, which of the following questions would indicate that you were engaging in critical thinking?

• A)Is there research evidence to support the usefulness of EMDR?
• B)Have I ever seen EMDR mentioned in a newspaper article or television report?
• C)Do I believe that EMDR can help me with my symptoms?
• D)Does anyone else I know have a positive experience using EMDR?

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Definitions:

Sperling's Partial Report Technique

A cognitive psychology experiment that demonstrated the existence and characteristics of the visual sensory memory by asking participants to recall a subset of characters from a briefly displayed array.

Digit-Span

A common memory test that measures the capacity of one's short-term memory to recall a sequence of numbers.

Short-Term Memory

A component of memory where small amounts of information can be stored for a short period of time.

Working Memory

The part of short-term memory that is concerned with immediate conscious perceptual and linguistic processing.