Smith Et Al

question 4

Multiple Choice

Smith et al. (1980) calculated the efficacy of various types of treatment based on treatment outcome studies and reported that cognitive and cognitive-behavioral treatments had the largest effect sizes (d values of 1.31 and 1.24, respectively) , followed by behavioral (.91) , psychodynamic (.78) , and humanistic treatments (.63) , and, finally, developmental treatments (.42) . This evidence certainly suggests that treatments are:

• A) All equivalent
• B) Not all equivalent
• C) Pretty similar
• D) None of these

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