After Participants in One Study Were Informed That a Recorded

question 331

Multiple Choice

After participants in one study were informed that a recorded interviewee was a psychiatric patient,they characterized the person with phrases such as "a passive,dependent type" and "frightened of his own aggressive impulses." This study best illustrated the

• A) value of epigenetics.
• B) unreliability of the DSM-5.
• C) biasing power of diagnostic labels.
• D) shortcomings of psychopathology.

---

Definitions:

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that a particular event will occur, often expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Operant Conditioning

a method of learning that uses rewards and punishments to influence behavior.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit similar responses.

Observational Learning

A form of social learning where behaviors are learned by watching and imitating others.