The Basic Guideline for Defining Mental Disorders Is to Use

question 118

True/False

The basic guideline for defining mental disorders is to use the viewpoint of people who are affected by the troubled individual.

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Definitions:

Weber Fraction

A principle that quantifies the perception of change in a given stimulus according to the Just Noticeable Difference (JND).

Sense Modality

A way in which sensory information is processed, including vision, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.

Response Criterion

A threshold in decision making or sensory detection beyond which a stimulus is perceived or a response is made.

Weber's Law

A principle in psychophysics stating that the smallest change in a stimulus that can be detected is a constant proportion of the original stimulus’s intensity.