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13. Therapist: Cognitive psychotherapy focuses on changing a patient’s conscious beliefs. Thus, cognitive psychotherapy is likely to be more effective at helping patients overcome psychological problems than are forms of psychotherapy that focus on changing unconscious beliefs and desires, since only conscious beliefs are under the patient’s direct conscious control. Which one of the following, if true, would most strengthen the therapist’s argument?Вариант ответа 1 - (A) Psychological problems are frequently caused by unconscious beliefs that could be changed with the aid of psychotherapy. Вариант ответа 2 - (B) It is difficult for any form of psychotherapy to be effective without focusing on mental states that are under the patient’s direct conscious control. Вариант ответа 3 - (C) Cognitive psychotherapy is the only form of psychotherapy that focuses primarily on changing the patient’s conscious beliefs. Вариант ответа 4 - (D) No form of psychotherapy that focuses on changing the patient’s unconscious beliefs and desires can be effective unless it also helps change beliefs that are under the patient’s direct conscious control. Вариант ответа 5 - (E) All of a patient’s conscious beliefs are under the patient’s conscious control, but other psychological states cannot be controlled effectively without the aid of psychotherapy |
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