Harold and Tanya both have a wide range of schizophrenic symptoms. Harold's symptoms have lasted for eight months; Tanya's have lasted only eight weeks. According to the DSM-5, their diagnoses should be

a. schizophrenia for Harold; schizophreniform disorder for Tanya.
b. disorganized schizophrenia for Harold; schizophrenia for Tanya.
c. schizoaffective disorder for Harold; schizophreniform disorder for Tanya.
d. schizophreniform disorder for Harold; brief psychotic disorder for Tanya.


a. schizophrenia for Harold; schizophreniform disorder for
Tanya.

Psychology

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a. experimental group. b. control group. c. extraneous group. d. operational group.

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Conway is an angry, fearful, and shy infant and is not easily soothed. Conway would score high on Rothbart's ____ dimension of temperament

a. effortful control b. surgency/extroversion c. introversion d. negative affect

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a. as a one-way street. b. as a two-way street. c. as a random occurrence. d. as genetic.

Psychology

Dr. Arndt, an experienced pediatrician, checked the baby's temperature and listened to the baby's breathing through the stethoscope while considering the symptoms described by the baby's parents. Dr. Arndt was probably using ________ in making a diagnosis

a. a mental set c. serial processing b. systematic random search d. parallel processing

Psychology