The DSM Provides ______

question 15

Multiple Choice

The DSM provides ______.

• A)a categorization of disorders diagnosed only in adulthood
• B)a way to conceptualize social functioning as a mismatch between person and environment
• C)a medical perspective to human functioning
• D)the definitive and most comprehensive classification system of human functioning

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Definitions:

Euglenoid

Free-living, flagellated protist in the supergroup Excavata; some have chloroplasts descended from a green alga.

Amoeba

Single-celled protist that extends pseudopods to move and to capture prey.

Mantle

Of mollusks, a skirt-like extension of the body wall.

Mollusks

A large phylum of invertebrate animals, including species like snails, clams, and squids, characterized by a soft body and, in many cases, a calcium carbonate shell.