Which of the following holds true for diagnostic labels?
a. After a person has been given a diagnosis, other people begin to see that person primarily in terms of the label.
b. People are likely to consider many possible explanations for the mental condition of a person.
c. People tend to notice positive behavioral changes in a teenager diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder.
d. People do not consider the problems of another person to be inherent.
Answer: a
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A) All parents of preterm infants need long-term intensive intervention. B) Just a few sessions of coaching are needed for families with preterm infants, regardless of the parents' economic or personal resources. C) Interventions that support parents of preterm infants generally teach them about the infant's characteristics. D) Interventions that support parents of preterm infants generally teach them about situational and personal barriers.
Tony, age 77, married Nichole, age 24. They are not using birth control because of Tony’s advanced age. You can advise them that __________
A) Tony probably stopped producing semen around age 70 B) Tony produces less semen and sperm, but he can probably still father children C) while Tony still produces semen, he probably stopped producing sperm around age 60 D) Tony cannot maintain a sufficient erection to father a child at his age
DSM-5 Criteria: Persistent Depressive Disorder
What will be an ideal response?
Hannah is a strict parent, and does not recall that she got drunk at her own senior prom, which does not "fit" with the way she currently views herself. What is this an example of?
A. regression B. explicit memory C. directed forgetting D. the Pollyanna principle