If Someone Reports That Many Years of Psychoanalysis Lead to Recovery

question 139

Multiple Choice

If someone reports that many years of psychoanalysis lead to recovery for many patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder,why should we be unimpressed?​

• A)Therapists have not established any criteria for diagnosing obsessive-compulsive disorder.
• B)​Years of psychoanalysis would be too expensive for a disorder like this one.
• C)​Many people improve over years even without treatment.
• D)​A treatment is not acceptable unless it works for all patients with a disorder.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment, introduced by B.F. Skinner.

Observational Learning

The process of learning behaviors by watching the actions of others, and the outcomes of those actions.

Instrumental Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment, also known as operant conditioning.

Acquisition

The process of learning or developing a new skill, behavior, or ability.