In the 1950s and 1960s, Mental Health Clinicians Using DSM-I

question 51

Multiple Choice

In the 1950s and 1960s, mental health clinicians using DSM-I and DSM-II who independently evaluated the same client

• A) usually arrived at the same diagnosis.
• B) frequently disagreed with one another.
• C) relied heavily on psychological tests.
• D) tended to prefer the term "problems in living."

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Definitions:

Empirically Tested

Evaluated or tested based on observations or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Principle of Falsifiability

A criterion for scientific theories, asserting that for a theory to be considered scientific, it must be testable and potentially refutable.

Critical Thinking

The objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment.