Selena views drug addiction as a disease of the brain. She believes that, if we can understand how drugs pathologically affect the brain, we can develop new treatments and ultimately cure people with drug addiction. Selena's views BEST match the _____ model of conceptualizing mental disorders.
A) biopsychosocial
B) medical
C) DSM
D) prescriptive
B) medical
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a. hues. b. levels of brightness. c. amounts of saturation. d. amplitudes.
Taking a(n) _____ approach to psychotherapy efficacy studies means attempting to identify and treat the underlying pathology that causes symptoms across related disorders.
A. monodiagnostic B. polydiagnositc C. transdiagnostic D. bidiagnostic
According to the authors of your text, one of the major problems with relying solely on evolutionary theory as the only explanation for social behavior is that
a. psychologists are making assumptions about the conditions that existed long ago that produced reproductive advantages for certain genes. b. it defies religious explanations, which are core beliefs for many people in the U.S. c. social behaviors are not based on genes at all, so it is difficult to use evolution to predict behavior. d. evolution occurs too slowly for it to truly impact human behavior.
Amy believes that she is outgoing and fun to be around. This belief is most likely to change under which of the following conditions?
A) ?She takes a class in psychology. B) ?She leaves college to take a job in another state. C) Her parents tell her that she is actually quite shy. D) ?She reads a book that explains outgoing people are not as likely to have friends as more reserved people.