The "all-or-none error" as applied to the DSM diagnostic system for diagnosing personality disorders refers to the fact that according to that system,
A. a personality disorder diagnosis is either valid or not.
B. one either has or has not a personality disorder.
C. either all of the diagnostic elements of a personality disorder exist, or none do.
D. a personality disorder diagnosis is either reliable or not.
Answer: B
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a. other biological approaches. b. psychosomatic approaches. c. psychological approaches. d. biopsychosocial approaches.
Besides hallucinations, mescaline also produces
A. sedation and drowsiness. B. analgesia. C. hunger and thirst. D. pupil dilation and increased heart rate and blood pressure.
What is something that an employee needs to have for work to be fulfilling
A. a variety of duties B. earn a high wage C. have paid vacation D. have plenty of sick days
Regression to the mean is most likely to occur
a. when the sample size is small b. in research that studies children c. in posttest-only designs d. when participants are assigned randomly to experimental groups e. when participants are selected because of extreme scores