Your authors note that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
may be particular difficult to diagnose because some patients intentionally fake their own symptoms in order to obtain government benefits. As this possibility has to be ruled out as part of the diagnostic process, clinicians have to remember the importance of
A) ruling out rival hypotheses.
B) extraordinary claims.
C) Occam's Razor.
D) correlation versus causation.
Answer: A
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a. creating their own definitions of this life stage. b. readying themselves for the process of dying. c. preoccupied by issues relating to any kind of travel. d. unable to think clearly about the end of life process.
According to one theory, autism may arise in some infants because genetic abnormalities or environmental risk factors damage the __________ system
a. limbic b. reticular activating c. mirror neuron d. endocrine
Which of Piaget's stages emphasizes that children are yet unable to perform mental operations?
A. sensorimotor B. preoperational C. concrete operational D. formal operational
A meta-analysis is a good example of a primary source of information for research.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)