Classical Psychoanalysts Were Especially Interested in

question 41

Multiple Choice

Classical psychoanalysts were especially interested in

• A) encouraging patients to carefully observe the consequences of their maladaptive behaviors.
• B) minimizing the possibility that patients would experience anxiety during therapy.
• C) discouraging patients from using antianxiety or antidepressant drugs.
• D) interpreting the meaning of patients' resistance to therapeutic procedures.

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Definitions:

Sample

A portion of a broader demographic picked for the sake of conducting studies, observations, or questionnaires to collect data representative of the larger population.

Nonresponse Error

An error that occurs in survey research when some participants do not respond, potentially biasing the results.

Survey

A method for collecting information and data about a population by asking questions to a sample of that population to extrapolate insights or conclusions about the whole.

Cluster Samples

A sampling technique where the population is divided into groups (clusters) and a random sample of these clusters is selected to represent the whole population.