Which of the following is a culture-bound syndrome listed in the ...

[go.lag]

Which of the following is a culture-bound syndrome listed in the DSM- 5 that involves individuals in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea shutting themselves in their room for at least 6 months and refusing to socialize with anyone?
 
  a) ghost sickness
  b) Dhat
  c) Hikikomori
  d) Koro

Question 2

Dr. Abromowitz has done a study looking at the correlation between depression in children and
  amount of television they watched. He finds what seems to be a strong, positive correlation between
  the two. He decides that watching too much T.V.
 
  causes children to become depressed. However, he
  has a third variable problem. Which of the following is an example of a third variable problem?
  A) Parental depression is strongly correlated with both children's depression and the amount
  of T.V. a child watches.
  B) Being depressed causes a child to watch too much T.V.
  C) Making any conclusions about connections between only two variables.
  D) Thinking there is a connection between variables when there is none.

[Expo]

Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

A

[go.lag]

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[amandalm]

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