Using Therapeutic Techniques to Improve Psychological Functioning and Promote Adjustment

question 138

Multiple Choice

Using therapeutic techniques to improve psychological functioning and promote adjustment to life is known as _____.

• A) eclectic therapy
• B) treatment
• C) psychotherapy
• D) counseling

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Definitions:

Counterbalanced Crossover Design

An experimental design where participants are exposed to multiple conditions in a sequence that is randomized to control for the order effects.

Posttest

An evaluation or test conducted after the completion of an educational or training program to measure what participants have learned.

Treatment Order

involves the sequence in which experimental treatments are administered to participants, particularly relevant in studies with multiple interventions.

Statistical Power

Describes the likelihood that a test will correctly reject a false null hypothesis, essentially the capacity of a study to detect an effect if there is one.