Current guidelines for diagnosing mental disorders use ________ to make diagnoses.
A. ranges of scores
B. thresholds
C. subjective systems
D. continuum models
Answer: B
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Which of the following refers to our evaluation of whether social groups to which we belong have worth?
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One difficulty of survey research is that people may not
answer questions with complete honesty, and thus may skew the results of the study. If people give different answers to a survey question that is asked on different occasions, this would be a particular problem for the critical thinking concept of _____. A) correlation versus causation B) replicability C) extraordinary claims D) falsifiability