The DSM is not universally embraced by mental health professionals, in part because it was
a) Based on just one theoretical perspective
b) Developed by a select group of psychiatrists only
c) Based on a medical model of disease
d) Designed to corroborate physical evidence of a mental health disorder
c
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a. is a female rather than a male. b. suffers obvious physical defects. c. was born with an extra chromosome. d. will have difficulty adapting to the normal demands of independent adult life.
Suppose that Jose was born and raised in Mexico, and that—even though he has never been to the U.S.—he holds a number of stereotypes about Americans. According to the text, these stereotypes are most likely based on ____
a. the few brief interactions he has had with Americans in Mexico b. what he has heard about Americans from other Mexicans c. what he knows about other groups of foreigners d. his assumptions about what Americans "must be like" given what he knows about the U.S. as a country