A multidimensional ________ approach to studying psychopathology suggests that the simultaneous effect of several different factors - biological, behavioral, emotional, social, and developmental influences - combine to create a psychological disorder.
a. genetic
b. idiographic
c. integrative
d. psychometric
Answer: c. integrative
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For essay items, the reliability of the scoring procedure should be assessed by determining the association(s) between
a. the item score and score on the overall test. b. the test score and scores on tests measuring similar constructs. c. each item on the test. d. two scores provided by independent scorers.
Which of the following attitudes would be most likely to result in lowered stress?
A. "Why is it always me that has such bad luck?" B. "Having this heart attack was all my fault for not taking better care of myself!" C. "The true tolerance is to tolerate the intolerable." D. "I can't change the past, but I can try to change what happens next."
Your boss knows that you are enrolled in a psychology class. He tells you that his mother-in-law has suddenly left home and traveled to another state. When the police found her, she had been living in the new town for six months. She had invented a totally false past and had no memory of her real past life. He wants to know what psychological disorder you think she is likely to be diagnosed with?
a. dissociative amnesia c. depersonalization disorder b. dissociative identity disorder d. dissociative fugue
Researchers studying twins have come to the conclusion that genetics plays little role in explaining individual differences in subjective well-being
a. true b. false