When diagnosing and classifying psychological disorders, which of the following is the classification system of choice among U.S. mental health professionals?

a. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
b. International Classification of Diseases
c. International Manual of Mental Disorders
d. Diagnostic and Statistical Classification of Diseases


a. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

When diagnosing and classifying psychological disorders, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is the classification system of choice among U.S. mental health professionals.

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The gender similarities hypothesis states that

a. psychological gender similarities are rarely found. b. most psychological gender differences are quite small. c. there are no differences between genders as substantiated by Hyde's research. d. there are decisive differences between genders psychologically.

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A. false uniqueness bias B. false consensus effect C. actor-observer bias D. fundamental attribution error

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According to Freud, the psychic entity that is the self and operates according to the reality

principle is the a. id. b. ego. c. ego-ideal. d. superego. e. preconscious.

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