What is the primary purpose of a classification system such as the DSM-5?
A. To reduce the amount of work for the insurance industry
B. To provide an opportunity for clinicians to talk at length about each patient individually
C. To differentiate psychological disorders from biological disorders
D. To facilitate a shared, simplified communication system across professional boundaries
Answer: D
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a. ?has acquired a tolerance for the drug b. ?is psychologically dependent c. ?is physiologically dependent d. ?is addicted
A chef says, "The recipe for goo-rolls is specific. You must do all 15 steps in the exact stated order.". This recipe illustrates the principle of
a. invariant sequence. b. symbolic and behavioral schemes. c. transitivity. d. egocentrism.
Which of the following best illustrates extinction?
a. A person with a fear of doctors' offices overcomes this fear by repeatedly visiting a doctor's office for pleasant interactions with personnel and other, non-anxious, patients. b. A person with a fear of dentists visits a psychoanalyst who helps to uncover the unconscious symbolism of dental procedures. c. A person who is not anxious about acquiring HIV watches an educational video on the topic and develops mild anxiety about acquiring HIV. d. A person never experiences anxiety about contracting sexually transmitted diseases because he/she has never developed such a disease despite frequent high-risk behaviors.
Neurophysiological explanations of conversion disorder suggest that:
a) Conversion symptoms are related to the functioning of the right hemisphere of the brain. b) Conversion symptoms are related to the functioning of the left hemisphere of the brain. c) Many of these patients have epilepsy. d) These patients have damage to the corpus collassum.