What are some of the criticisms or weaknesses of the DSM approach?
What will be an ideal response?
1 . Many people have problems that partly fit several diagnoses without fitting any of them perfectly. 2 . Psychiatry has no useful lab tests. 3 . Most disorders have overlapping causes. 4 . Agreeing on a diagnosis does not always help identify the best treatment. 5 . DSM identifies too many minor conditions as mental illnesses.
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A. blind B. a paraplegic C. only eight years old D. moderately mentally retarded
The theory that God created the universe is:
A) unfalsifiable. B) falsifiable. C) necessarily correct. D) necessarily incorrect.
Suppose that you are a first-grade teacher and notice that many of the children in your class sometimes talk aloud to themselves when they do arithmetic or other schoolwork. You wonder whether you should discourage these mutterings. Discuss how these mutterings might be viewed from Vygotsky's viewpoint and in light of recent research findings
What will be an ideal response?
Barbiturates are dangerous street drugs that have no useful medical application
Indicate whether the statement is true or false