The DSM-5 includes categorical information, which refers to __________.

A) a label reflecting membership in a particular diagnostic group
B) the cultural context in which disorders may appear
C) symptoms that are shared across many disorders
D) an indication of the severity of a given disorder


A) a label reflecting membership in a particular diagnostic group

Psychology

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Which psychologist described the state of attention overload and believed that city dwellers learn to prevent it by engaging only in brief, superficial social contacts, by ignoring nonessential events, and by fending off others with cold and unfriendly expressions?

a. B. F. Skinner b. Stanley Milgram c. John Calhoun d. Garrett Hardin

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An individual’s ___ is his or her distinctive but enduring dispositional characteristics, traits, and temperament that influence his or her responses across situations.

a.  general action orientation   b.  need orientation   c.  integrative relationality   d.  affiliative drive   e.  personality

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The __________ stresses the importance of social and cultural influences on human behavior

a) sociocultural approach b) systems theory approach c) neuroscience approach d) eclectic approach

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Dr. Khan has been on call at St. Joseph's emergency room for

the past thirty-six hours. What area in Dr. Khan's brain will likely have increased activity levels to try to compensate for his sleep-deprived state? a) parietal lobe b) temporal lobe c) occipital lobe d) caudate nucleus

Psychology