Widiger and Colleagues Have Argued for Decades That a Dimensional

question 105

Multiple Choice

Widiger and colleagues have argued for decades that a dimensional model is more advantageous than a categorical model.Which of the following was NOT one of their listed advantages?

• A)It would retain more information about each individual.
• B)It would be more flexible because it would permit both categorical and dimensional differentiations.
• C)It would avoid the often arbitrary decisions involved in assigning a person to a diagnostic category.
• D)It would allow us to view disorders as real things, comparable to the realness of an infection or a broken arm.

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