A Cognitive Therapist Is Working with a Depressed Client

question 179

Multiple Choice

A cognitive therapist is working with a depressed client. Which of the following causes is the likely focus of this therapist's intervention?

• A) learned behaviors of depression
• B) unusual levels of neurotransmitters
• C) negative interpretations of life events
• D) a superego that is too harsh and strict

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Definitions:

Perceptual Organization

The process by which the brain organizes sensory input into meaningful patterns and configurations.

Clairvoyance

The alleged psychic ability to gain information about an object, person, location, or physical event through means other than the known human senses.

Telepathy

The purported communication of thoughts or ideas without using the known senses.

Precognition

The claimed ability to see or know about events before they happen through extrasensory perception.