Distinguish between categorical and dimensional classification approaches
What will be an ideal response?
Categorical classification systems such as DSM-5 are based primarily on informed professional consensus, an approach that has dominated and continues to dominate the field of child (and adult) psychopathology. Dimensional classification approaches assume that many independent dimensions or traits of behavior exist, and that all children possess them to varying degrees.
You might also like to view...
Describe several criticisms of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's theory of death and dying.
What will be an ideal response?
Sheila fancies herself an outgoing extrovert. She smiles a lot and gestures dramatically as she talks. This example best illustrates the use of nonverbal behavior to
a. convey attitudes. b. facilitate verbal communication. c. communicate personality traits. d. express emotions.
During which stage of development is preoccupation with body image the strongest?
A. late childhood B. late adolescence C. early adolescence D. emerging adulthood
What, according to Dewey, renders a stimulus a feature of the environment?
a. its physical characteristics b. an organism’s evolutionary history c. the purposive behavior the organism is engaged in d. any feature that elicits a response is a stimulus