Which one of the following statements provides the best evidence to support the claim that the criteria for diagnosing some disorders have low validity?
A. Professionals looking at the same set of symptoms don't agree on the diagnosis, so the diagnostic criteria probably aren't accurate.
B. Making a diagnosis is never purely based on the symptoms; a mental health professional always will make a subjective judgment.
C. When revising the last edition of the DSM, the committee made very few changes in the criteria for some of the disorders.
D. When a person is given a diagnostic label, the person may behave in a way consistent with the diagnosis, even if they don't have the disorder.
Answer: A
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a. mean b. median c. mode d. norm
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a new adaptation. the anal stage. trust versus mistrust. the oral stage.
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