The question, "Should this test be used for this purpose?,"
a. is a technical question.
b. is based on ethical and social issues.
c. depends on research data.
d. is a legal issue.
b
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Some people have criticized the DSM for __________.
A. being too narrow and failing to incorporate viewpoints from outside of the United States B. failing to provide standardization of diagnostic codes for insurance billing C. inconsistencies in diagnostic criteria D. never being revised or updated
Imagine that we travel back in time and meet two Americans. The first says, "I am sometimes called the father of U.S. psychiatry. I used bloodletting to treat my mental patients, but I insisted they be treated with respect.". The second says, "Although I was only a schoolteacher, when I saw the deplorable conditions under which mental patients were living, I devoted my life to establishing
suitable mental hospitals.". The first person was ____; the second was ____. a. Benjamin Rush; Dorothea Dix b. William Tuke; Clifford Beers c. Clifford Beers; Dorothea Dix d. Benjamin Rush; Friedrich Anton Mesmer
Maria participates in an experiment where the experimenter shows her two identical balls of clay and watches as she rolls one ball of clay into a long hot-dog shape and leaves the other ball of clay in the original roundball. Maria is then asked which piece has more clay. Maria is 9 years of age and knows that the two shapes contain the same amount of clay. What principle does Maria understand?
A. object typing B. object constancy C. object identity D. object reversibility
Which of the following areas of criminalistics is the least reliable?
A. Hair analysis B. DNA testing C. Ballistics testing D. Fingerprint analysis