PSYC 2000 Final: Psych Final Exam Review Questions
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Ryan"s social phobia has led him to lose jobs and relationships. In this case, ryan has a disorder because his behavior is: dangerous, common, medically based, dysfunctional. If researchers discovered that genetically influenced abnormalities in brain structure contribute to bipolar disorder, this would most clearly add credibility to: the dsm-iv, the medical model, the social-cognitive perspective, psychoanalytic theory. The dsm-iv is a diagnostic guide that: describes psychological disorders and their prevalence, describes psychological disorders and their causes, describes only disorders that have medical causes, has been shown to have poor reliability and validity. The use of diagnostic labeling is common, but there is some controversy. In a classic study david rosenhan and some friends became hospital patients by reporting vague auditory hallucinations. Then they began acting normally but had difficulty being released from the hospital. Years after he barely survived a terrorist attack that killed his wife and two children, mr.
