Problems Now Called Anxiety, Dissociative, and Somatoform Disorders Were Once

question 188

Multiple Choice

Problems now called anxiety, dissociative, and somatoform disorders were once known as

• A)psychoses.
• B)organic disorders.
• C)psychological dysfunctions.
• D)neuroses.

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Definitions:

Problem Solving

The process of working through details of an issue to reach a solution.

Representativeness Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut in which the likelihood of an object belonging to a category is evaluated based on how similar it is to a typical object from that category.

Algorithms

Step-by-step procedures or formulas for solving problems or completing tasks, used in mathematics and computer programming.

Functional Fixedness

A cognitive bias that limits a person's ability to use an object only in the way it is traditionally used, preventing them from solving a problem in a creative manner.