Some Have Proposed That the Personality Disorders Be Replaced or Supplemented

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Multiple Choice

Some have proposed that the personality disorders be replaced or supplemented by a dimensional model in which individuals would be rated on a series of personality dimensions as well as a categorical diagnosis. It is believed that this would have advantages over a purely categorical system. Which of the following would be such an advantage?

• A) It would retain more information about each individual.
• B) It would be more flexible.
• C) It would avoid arbitrary decisions involved in assignment to a diagnostic category.
• D) All of the above

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Definitions:

Extinction

In psychology, the process through which a conditioned response decreases or disappears as a consequence of repeated exposure to the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus.

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and other stimuli that have not been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Backward Conditioning

A conditioning process where a conditioned stimulus (CS) is presented after the unconditioned stimulus (US), often resulting in a weaker learned association.