A. the criteria of mental illness very considerably across cultures.
B. there are universal standards of normality and abnormality.
C. Western diagnostic concepts have validity and utility in other cultural contexts.
D. both b and c are true.
Related Mcqs:
- Which are true of the diathesis-stress model of mental illness?Please identify all correct answers.
1: When an enduring vulnerability factor in a person is coupled with a recent stressor, it results in psychological disorder.
2: Only one of the diathesis or stressor needs to be present for symptoms of the psychological disorder to occur.
3: Both the diathesis and the stressor must be present to lead the symptoms of the psychological disorder.
4: Diathesis and stressors have specific definitions.A. 1 & 4
B. 1 & 3
C. 2 & 3
D. 2 & 4 - People with unipolar disorders experience________people with bipolar disorders are vulnerable to:
A. alternating periods of depression and mania; mania only
B. depression only; alternating periods of depression and mania
C. mania only; alternating periods of depression and mania
D. alternating periods of depression and mania; depression and mania simultaneously - According to research, children who are behaviourally inhibited are shy, quiet, fearful, socially avoidant and have high levels of physiological.These children are most likely to develop which type of psychological disorders?
A. Psychotic disorders
B. Anxiety disorders
C. Eating disorders
D. Substance abuse disorders - Which models explains that psychological disorders develop when people with some vulnerability to mental illness experience proximal stressors?
A. Diathesis-stress model
B. Attachment model
C. Psychodynamic model
D. Cognitive-behavioral model - Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible, enduring, and socially maladaptive behavior patterns are called_______disorders.
A. acute
B. free-floating
C. personality
D. reactive - Because it is so pervasive,__________is often considered “the common cold” of psychological disorders.
A. obsessive-compulsive disorder
B. schizophrenia
C. dissociation
D. depression - All of the following are personality disorders EXCEPT
A. Passive-aggressive
B. Histrionic
C. Narcissistic
D. Paranoid - Psychopharmacotherapy involves the treatment of mental disorders with ___________?
A. electroconvulsive shock
B. insight therapy
C. surgery
D. medication - The main problem with the current classification scheme for personality disorders is that:
A. It falsely implies that nearly everyone has at least one personality disorder.
B. the criteria for diagnosis are so detailed and specific that even extremely disturbed people fail to meet them.
C. the categories often overlap, making diagnosis is unreliable.
D. it contains too few categories to be useful. - All of the following are types of anxiety disorders EXCEPT:
A. Phobic disorders
B. Dissociative order
C. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
D. Post-traumatic stress
