The DSM is used to classify ______
a. statistics c. social norms
b. theoretical perspectives d. mental disorders
D
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Harold has just been diagnosed as suffering from major depressive disorder. In planning his treatment, the mental health professionals will discover that he has a comorbid condition. Which of the following is the most likely comorbid condition?
a. alcoholism b. hypochondriasis c. paranoid schizophrenia d. histrionic personality disorder
When a stimulus acquires the power to elicit a response as a result of being paired with a stimulus that already produces the response, then which of the following has occurred?
a. operant conditioning b. instrumental learning c. respondent conditioning d. insight learning
Considering the biology of memory, which of the following scenarios is most likely to occur?
A. Alex develops an intense height phobia due to an experience that activates his amygdala. B. Beatriz learns to perform a double axel jump due to an experience that activates her striatum. C. Thuy scores 100 percent on her history final due to an experience that activates her cerebellum. D. Malik learns all the lines for his role in the class play due to an experience that activates his medulla.
Which one of the following occurs when a behavior is weakened by removing something pleasant from the organism's environment?
A. Positive reinforcement B. Positive punishment C. Negative punishment D. Negative reinforcement