Explain the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia as discussed in your textbook

What will be an ideal response?


(1 ) Must include at least two symptoms from the list of positive symptoms, negative symptoms, and cognitive impairments; (2 ) the person must have significant social and/or occupational dysfunction; (3 ) the first and second criteria must occur in the absence of any intellectual impairment; and (4 ) symptoms last at least 6 months.

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Sherif’s study of the autokinetic effect situation indicated that norms

a.  emerge through reciprocal influence.   b.  describe how members act, feel, and think.   c.  define which behaviors are “bad” or “wrong.”   d.  emerge from personal, idiosyncratic beliefs.   e.  identify behaviors that should not be performed.

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The "amazing similarities" of identical twins may be a result of

a. the confirmation bias. b. deliberate deceit by the twins. c. deliberate deceit by the researchers. d. the Barnum effect.

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Keren decides to try cotton candy for the first time. She enjoys it, but unfortunately, later that day Keren comes down with the stomach flu. Now the smell or thought of cotton candy makes her shudder and feel slightly nauseous. This is an example of

A. extinction. B. taste aversion. C. cotton candy phobia. D. learned immune response.

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Which of the following studies on adolescents and emerging adults is a large-scale survey with a focus on drug use, as well as on peer relations and educational goals?

a. Monitoring the Future b. Harvard Adolescence Project c. Davis Adolescent Survey d. Youth Ethnography Initiative

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