One reason that a diagnosis of personality disorders is challenging to make is that ____
a. the symptoms are subtle
b. the stigma for clients is so great that most therapists don't want to diagnose them
c. people with personality disorders often seek out therapy for other problems, which confounds diagnosis
d. cultures vary in social behaviors, and may lead to biases in diagnosis
D
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Which of the following is a valid critique of the use of response inventories?
A) Response inventories don't have good face validity. B) Response inventories are not used much these days. C) Response inventories are standardized too rigidly. D) Response inventories are improvised as the need arises and are not well-tested.
Imagine it is five years from now, and your young niece comes to visit you. When you enter your room you see that she has pulled out all of your clothes and sorted them into piles. There are piles of each category of clothes (e.g., pants, shirts) and within each of these categories the clothes are sorted by color. You think back to when you took Psych 101 and impress your niece's parents by telling them about her ____________ ability
a. pragmatic categorization b. phonemic categorization c. taxonomic sorting d. thematic sorting