Leslie Has Been Feeling Depressed for a Number of Weeks

question 72

Multiple Choice

Leslie has been feeling depressed for a number of weeks.She thinks she may need to see a therapist to help her overcome her depression,but she doesn't want to see anyone who is going to dwell on her childhood and try to work through any problems she experienced years ago.She wants to see someone who will focus on direct treatment of her current symptoms.In this example,it appears that Leslie is looking for a therapist whose approach to treatment would be classified as

• A) insight therapy.
• B) non-invasive therapy.
• C) biomedical therapy.
• D) hypnotherapy.

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Definitions:

Test-retest Reliability

Test-retest reliability is a measure of the consistency of a psychological test or assessment when administered to the same individuals at two different points in time.

Alternate Forms Reliability

A measure of reliability that assesses the consistency of the results of two tests that are constructed in the same way from the same content domain.

Pearson Product-movement

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Correlation Coefficient

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