DSM-IV-TR Approach to Classifying Anxiety Disorders Is Based Primarily on

question 120

Multiple Choice

DSM-IV-TR approach to classifying anxiety disorders is based primarily on

• A) a psychodynamic model of the cause of each disorder.
• B) descriptive features of each disorder.
• C) specific scores on tests of anxiety.
• D) a dimensional approach.

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Definitions:

Experimental Research

A research design that permits inferences about cause and effect by exerting control, systematically manipulating a variable, and studying the effects on measured variables.

Control Group

In experimental research, the group of participants that does not receive the experimental treatment, used for comparison purposes.

Random Assignment

A method of assigning participants that ensures each participant has an equal chance of being assigned to the experimental group or control group.

Experimental Group

The group in an experimental study that receives the treatment or intervention being tested.