You Are a Psychologist Who Is Treating Two Patients: One

question 111

Multiple Choice

You are a psychologist who is treating two patients: one with an anxiety disorder and one with a depressive mood disorder. During the course of treating them both, you notice that they have similar symptoms in common and that in fact, they may be more similar than dissimilar in many ways. Given your understanding of the limitations of the DSM classification scheme outlined in your text, which of the following might you suggest as a useful alternative model for describing abnormal behavior?

• A) Use a multiaxial system with discrete categories.
• B) Develop a model that describes disorders along dimensions of function.
• C) Use developmental milestones as behavioral markers in models.
• D) Classify disorders into discrete categories with no overlap between symptoms.

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Definitions:

Deviant Activity

Behavior that violates social norms or expectations.

Constructionist Perspective

A viewpoint in sociology that emphasizes the ways social phenomena are created, institutionalized, and made into tradition by humans.

Objective Fact

Information verified through observation or measurement, independent of personal feelings or opinions.

Voluntary Act

An action taken by an individual based on free will and conscious decision.