A clinician assessed a new patient for a personality disorder, and his system of diagnosis only allowed him to check “yes” or “no” for a diagnosis, with no alternative in between. Which method is the clinician using?

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) shows that the brains of long-term practitioners of meditation have higher levels of activity in the areas involved in which of the following?

a. attention and decision making b. sexual activity c. appetite regulation d. sleep and dreaming

Acute stress disorder and PTSD can be distinguished from each other by

a. how long the disturbance lasts. b. the severity of the stress. c. whether the anxiety is free-floating. d. whether dissociative behavior is observed.