Therapist: Cognitive psychotherapy focuses

Answer choices

1. A

   Weakens4% picked this

   Psychological problems are frequently caused by unconscious beliefs that could be changed with the

   This weakens the argument by suggesting that therapies that focus on unconscious beliefs could be effective.

   4%
2. B

   Correct54% picked this

   It is difficult for any form of psychotherapy to be effective without focusing on mental states that are under

   Why this is right

   This provides the linking assumption in the argument.

   Skill tested: Strengthen · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   54%
3. C

   Premise Support16% picked this

   Cognitive psychotherapy is the only form of psychotherapy that focuses primarily on changing the

   This supports the first premise and ensures that cognitive psychotherapy stands alone in its focus on changing a patient’s conscious beliefs.

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4. D

   Too Weak22% picked this

   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

   This requires further assuming that such forms of psychotherapy do not help to change beliefs that are under the patient’s direct conscious control.

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5. E

   Reversal4% picked this

   All of a patient’s conscious beliefs are under the patient’s conscious control, but other psychological states cannot be controlled effectively

   This reverses the second premise.

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