Stephanie meets with her therapist once a week in order to talk about her marriage as well as the relationship she has with her parents. Stephanie's therapist uses psychodynamic techniques to help her gain insight into her relationships, as well as behavioral and cognitive techniques to improve Stephanie's communication skills. The therapist's work exemplifies:

Saade, morin, and thomas (2012) describe critical thinking as the mental processes of discernment, analysis, and evaluation applied to information in order to achieve a logical final understanding and/or judgment. describe your approach to breaking down information into component parts to better understand the characteristics of a statement, concept, or problem. how might outlining to develop understanding? how do you know when to reach beyond previous experience and seek out other sources of information to enhance your understanding of the work in front of you? (this response does not require research support.)

Amanda reiss was injured at a wedding reception at a private home. amanda tripped over a piece of rebar that was sticking from the end of one portion of a sidewalk leading to the front door. amanda's lawyer believes that the homeowners were aware of the rebar problem and that other guests to the home had tripped over it but not been injured. how can amanda's lawyer get the information about the homeowner's knowledge? a. he cannot because they are not required to talk with amanda's lawyers b. he can depose the homeowners c. he can depose others who have been guests d. both b and c

Supreme court. jim, who is a bit eccentric, says that he is fed up with the way a certain employer in his town treats employees and that he is going to sue that employer in an effort to improve matters. jim also says that he is going to start his case at the appellate court level, skipping over all those "lesser" judges. jim says that those justices will surely hear him out and that he will also seek a jury. although he is not a lawyer, jim believes that the offenses of the employer are so severe that the justices will appreciate his attempt to make things better for the employees involved. will jim get a jury at the appellate court level?