Which of the following best describes the change that developers of the DSM are considering to diagnose personality disorders?
A. a hybrid dimensional-categorical model
B. a categorical model
C. a medical model with underlying physiological symptoms
D. complete elimination of personality disorders from the DSM
Answer: A
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a. under some circumstances, the framework of a question encourages too much reliance on the representativeness heuristic. b. when people make decisions, the deep structureâ€"or frameâ€"is more important than the surface structure. c. decision-makers show a clear-cut tendency to assume that the same frame holds true for all the decisions in a particular set. d. the way in which a question is asked has an important influence on people's decisions.
In a classic experiment, psychology students were assigned to work either with "bright" rats or with "dull" rats, described as such by the experimenter. In a task involving learning a maze, rats arbitrarily labelled as "bright" learned the maze faster than did rats arbitrarily labelled as "dull." The experimenter suspected that the psychology students with "bright" rats took the learning task
more seriously, and this was reflected in their rats' performance. This finding illustrates how: A) expectations can influence observations. B) observations can influence measurement. C) expectations can influence reality. D) observations can influence reality.
According to the national map on ancestry (p. 6) there is increased diversity in the United States. However, most individuals trace their roots to:
a. Europe. b. South America. c. Africa. d. American Indian.