At age 6, Allison's temper tantrums are more frequent and intense than her same-aged peers. Allison's behavior may be considered pathological based on which of these criteria?
a. violation of sociocultural norms
b. meeting the definition of a specific mental health disorder
c. statistical deviance from peers
d. major emotional maladjustment
A
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According to the recent "Multimodal Treatment Study," which was found to be the most effective method for treating ADHD?
a. Stimulant medications b. Hypnosis c. Psychotherapy d. Systematic desensitization
Research on the inheritance of antisocial personality disorder suggests that ____
a. heredity predicts personality but only in situations where twins are reared in the same family environment b. the contributions of heredity and environment interact with each other c. heredity is unimportant but living in the same family environment is strongly related to personality similarity d. heredity predicts personality but not personality disorders
Which of the following statements is true of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, Revised (WPPSI-III)?
A. It includes nonverbal methods of testing the five dimensions of cognition. B. In includes subtests designed to measure both verbal and nonverbal fluid reasoning. C. In addition to providing a full-scale intelligence quotient (IQ), it yields separate measures of verbal and nonverbal IQ. D. It is used for ages 7 and up.
A quasi-experimental research design in which a dependent variable is measured at many different points in time in one group before and after a treatment that is manipulated by the researcher is called ______.
A. a basic time series design B. an interrupted time series design C. a one-group pretest-posttest design D. a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design