Dr. Siegfried believes that abnormal behavior, ranging from mood disorders to eating disorders to sleep disorders, is due to structural, functional, or chemical abnormalities in the central nervous system. We would say that he adheres to the _________ model of psychopathology.
a. developmental
b. cognitive
c. biological
d. learning
Question 2According to Dr. A., specific phobias are the result of classical conditioning. According to Dr. B., they result from the displacement of intrapsychic conflict onto an external object that can then be avoided. According to Dr. C., they are the product of maladaptive, irrational beliefs about the feared object. Respectively, Drs. A., B., and C. endorse the __________ etiological models of psychopathology.
a. learning, biological, and psychodynamic
b. learning, humanistic, and cognitive
c. biological, psychodynamic, and cognitive
d. none of the above
Question 3According to the DSM-IV-TR, ALL BUT WHICH of the following should be addressed in a cultural formulation of a person's problem?
a. How strong is the person's cultural identity?
b. How does the person's culture explain the problem at hand?
c. How does the person's culture regard the proposed treatment?
d. All of the above should be included in a cultural formulation.
Question 4Some individuals have suggested that there is gender bias in psychiatric diagnosis. According to the paper by Widiger and Spitzer described in your textbook, which of the following situations would necessarily demonstrate the existence of such bias?
a. if a disorder were found to be much more prevalent in one sex than in the other
b. if men and women presenting with the same cluster of symptoms were assigned different diagnosis
c. both of the above
d. neither of the above
Question 5Which of the following features has been most heavily criticized regarding DSM-IV-TR's coverage of diagnostic conditions?
a. over-inclusiveness
b. the exclusion of childhood developmental disorders
c. the placement of personality disorders on Axis II
d. the limited number of schizophrenia subtypes
Question 6DSM-IV-TR includes approximately __________ possible diagnoses.
a. 50
b. 150
c. 400
d. 800
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