All of the following children are eight years old. Which of them ...

[newyorker26]

All of the following children are eight years old. Which of them is likely to be free of the major symptoms of their disorders by late adolescence?
 
  a. Dean, who has a fear of water
  b. Jill, who has severe depression
  c. Juan, who has an obsessive-compulsive disorder
  d. Jack, who has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Question 2

A psychologist is reluctant to use parents' observations of their children in determining levels of their children's depression. However, parents often insist on being consulted. What is the psychologist likely to find when parents are asked to evaluate
 
  their children's levels of depression?
 
  a. Parents tend to underestimate the extent of depression reported by their children.
  b. Parents frequently mistake the symptoms of depression as signs of a developing psychotic process.
  c. Parents tend to overreact to minor symptoms and overestimate the severity of the depression.
  d. Whenever parents are involved in such data collection, they immediately put themselves in the role of the therapist and begin treatment, often with disastrous results.

[DylanD1323]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: a.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a.

[newyorker26]

Gracias!

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