A Present-Day Clinician Uses Terms Like Dementia and Mental Retardation

question 149

Multiple Choice

A present-day clinician uses terms like dementia and mental retardation for diagnostic categories. That clinician is using terms:

• A) common to both DSM-5 and previous forms of the DSM.
• B) not used in DSM-5 but used in previous forms of the DSM.
• C) used in DSM-5 but not used in previous forms of the DSM.
• D) not used in either DSM-5 or in previous forms of the DSM.

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Definitions:

Species

A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding, classified together as having common characteristics.

Reproductively Isolated

A state in which different groups of organisms can no longer interbreed and produce fertile offspring, leading to speciation.

Fertile Offspring

Offspring that are capable of reproducing, indicating successful genetic combination and viability.

Species

A fundamental category in biological taxonomy, defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.