Joan is a psychologist who argues that her client has a personality disorder due largely to the fact that his schemata (i.e., beliefs and assumptions) have become rigid and inflexible. Joan is taking a(n) ___________ approach to understanding the etiology of personality disorders.

A) attachment
B) psychoanalytic
C) psychiatric
D) behavioural
E) cognitive-behavioural

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Alannah Esporrin · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : E, Explanation :  Joan's emphasis on the inflexibility of her client's schemata suggests that she is taking a cognitive-behavioural approach to explaining personality disorders. This approach holds that problematic patterns of thinking contribute to the development and maintenance of personality disorders, and that changing these patterns can help alleviate symptoms.

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