As Discussed in Critical Thinking: Evaluating New Psychotherapies: the Case

question 356

Multiple Choice

As discussed in Critical Thinking: Evaluating New Psychotherapies: The Case of EMDR, research comparing eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) therapy with no treatment showed that people who are treated with EMDR:

• A) tend to get worse than people who receive no treatment.
• B) tend to experience more symptom relief than people who receive no treatment at all.
• C) show significantly less improvement than people who receive no treatment at all.
• D) are more likely to develop symptoms of additional psychological disorders.

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Definitions:

Exponential Growth

Growth at a rate that becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size.

Arithmetic Operations

Fundamental arithmetic processes comprising adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.

Exponential Decay

A process in which the value of a quantity decreases at a rate proportional to its current value.

Compound Interest

The addition of interest to the principal sum of a loan or deposit, where the interest that has been added also earns interest.