To correctly identify mental disorders and select the best therapies to treat them, psychologists use the
a. WAIS-IV.
b. 16 PF.
c. MBTI.
d. DSM-5.
ANSWER: d
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Which of the following is a true statement about antipsychotic medications?
A. Large numbers of clinical trials have failed to demonstrate the efficacy and effectiveness of these drugs. B. Some clinical change can be seen within the first 24 hours, but it drops off rapidly thereafter. C. These medications can take two to four weeks to have any effect on the patient. D. The earlier patients receive these medications, the better they tend to do over the long term.
Which scenario illustrates how genetic factors influence a child's environment?
a. Mary and Bill were raised in the country so they want to raise their children in the country. b. Tina is very sociable and outgoing. She loves to have friends over to the house who also get to play with her baby, Joe. c. Karen is going to an elementary school where children are grouped by the first letter of their last name for reading instruction. d. Craig and Alice have decided that they only want one child. Martin is that child.
In category hierarchies, basic-level categories:
a. are highly descriptive but contain the least useful information b. are the category levels that children first learn to use c. are not very useful and contain only a few features d. provide a balance between the superordinate and intermediate levels
Freud used the term identification to refer to . . .
a. Similarity in behaviors between a child and his parents b. The process that brings about that similarity c. The motive to imitate someone d. All of the above