Structured assessment materials must be validated on the population for which they are being used or the data collected might not be interpretable

Cross-cultural studies of the rate of schizophrenia in various types of communities found that clinical outcomes were significantly better in developing countries such as Nigeria and India. What aspect of life in these cultures has been hypothesized

o account for these outcomes? a. less stressful lifestyles b. milder forms of schizophrenia c. greater tolerance and acceptance of people with schizophrenia d. racial differences in response to medication and dietary factors

Martha trains her cat Whiskers to salivate to the sound of a bell. She rings the bell every fifteen minutes and doesn't follow it with food for Whiskers. It salivates less and less and finally stops salivating at the sound of the ringing bell. A week later, she finds Whiskers salivating to the sound of a ringing bell. Which of the following terms explains this response?

a. Counterconditioning b. Instinctive drift c. Spontaneous recovery d. Stimulus discrimination