After Participants in One Study Were Informed That a Videotaped

question 179

Multiple Choice

After participants in one study were informed that a videotaped interviewee was a psychiatric patient,they characterized the person with phrases such as "a passive,dependent type" and "frightened of his own aggressive impulses." This study best illustrated the

• A)value of epigenetics.
• B)unreliability of the DSM-5.
• C)biasing power of diagnostic labels.
• D)shortcomings of the medical model.

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