The Decision by APA to Remove Homosexuality from the DSM

question 103

Multiple Choice

The decision by APA to remove homosexuality from the DSM

• A) was later challenged and overturned.
• B) was based on research and science.
• C) was based on a vote by mental health professionals.
• D)was based on research about the lack of treatment.

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Definitions:

Stable Internal

A belief that the cause of an event is due to stable, enduring factors within an individual.

Availability Heuristic

The tendency to assume that information that comes easily to mind (or is readily available) is more frequent or common.

Locus Of Causality

The position or place within an individual that determines where the cause of behavior is perceived to originate, whether internally (within oneself) or externally (outside factors).

Internal

Pertaining to or situated within something; intrinsic.