According to APA Guidelines, Which Phrase Should Be Used to Refer

question 22

Multiple Choice

According to APA guidelines, which phrase should be used to refer to people who have been diagnosed as depressed?

• A)Depressed people
• B)Psychologically disturbed people
• C)Depressives
• D)People who are depressed

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Definitions:

Psychological Effects

The impact on an individual's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors resulting from various stimuli or experiences.

Natural

Existing in or derived from nature; not made or caused by humankind.

Analogue

Something that is similar or comparable to another thing, particularly in function or features.

Natural Experiment

An empirical study in which individuals are exposed to experimental and control conditions that are determined by nature or by other factors outside the control of the investigators.