Briefly describe the transdiagnostic approach to categorizing psychological disorders.

What will be an ideal response?


The transdiagnostic approach assumes that most psychological disorders are actually different manifestations of a few core underlying dimensions. It divides disorders into two categories, internalizing disorders, such as depressive and anxiety disorders, and externalizing disorders, such as antisocial, conduct, substance use, and impulsivity related disorders.

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What did the Jesuits and the Recollects share in common?

a)  They wanted to convert Native Americans to Catholicism. b)  Their criticisms sparked the Protestant Reformation. c)  They sought to control the fur trade in Quebec. d)  They assumed leading roles in the Reconquista.

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Who famously criticized Spanish settlers for their abusive treatment of Amerindians?

a. Catalina de Erauso b. Bartolomé Dias c. Bartolomé de las Casas d. Spanish Habsburgs e. The Pope

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At the time of the Civil War, the area of the United States still defined as “unsettled” was

a. less than 10 percent of the whole. b. about a quarter of the whole. c. about one-half of the whole. d. nearly three-quarters of the whole. e. none of these choices.

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The oldest and most fundamental of social institutions is:

A) religion B) family C) ethnicity D) rule of law E) rite of passage

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