What Are the Advantages to Having a Diagnostic System

question 26

Multiple Choice

What are the advantages to having a diagnostic system?

• A) Concise description
• B) Guidance for treatment
• C) Indicate future developments of disorder
• D) All of the above

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Definitions:

Social Cognitive Theory

A theory that posits that learning occurs in a social context with a dynamic and reciprocal interaction of the person, environment, and behavior.

Classical Conditioning

An educational method where a response initially triggered by a second stimulus comes to be triggered by the first stimulus alone, due to the repeated pairing of both stimuli.

Classical Conditioned

A learning process that pairs a neutral stimulus with a response-producing stimulus, leading to the neutral stimulus eliciting the response on its own.

Phobias

Irrational and excessive fears of specific objects, situations, or activities that result in a compelling desire to avoid the feared subject.