A biological perspective of a mental disorder may suggest that:
A. a mental disorder is the result of traumatic experiences
B. distorted perception is the main cause of mental disorders
C. mental disorders can often be traced to brain dysfunction
D. poor stress management techniques are the main cause of most mental disorders
Answer: C
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A. Babies who wear diapers have an easier time learning to walk than those who do not. B. In the 19th century, 40% of American infants skipped crawling because the long, flowing gowns they wore impeded the movement on hands and knees. C. Babies who wear clothes that cover their knees are more likely to crawl than those who do not. D. Babies from cold climates who wear more layers of clothing have more delayed motor development than babies from warm climates who wear less clothing.
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A. case study B. survey C. double-blind D. naturalistic observation
Many projective assessment tools have disputed levels of
A) standardization. B) representativeness. C) subjectivity. D) validity.
Spearman proposed the concept of g after he found that
A) test items differed in the extent to which they predicted cognitive performance outside of the testing situation. B) crystallized and fluid intelligence are easy to distinguish in factor analysis. C) all test items he examined correlated with one another. D) separate, unrelated factors, called primary mental abilities, exist.