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Which of the following criticisms led to the addition of a list of 25 culture-bound syndromes to the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition)?
 
  a) Psychologists panned the DSM-III as it perpetuated the idea that only disorders found in Western countries are culture-bound.
  b) The DSM-III focused only on the physical syndromes of various psychological disorders.
  c) Cross-cultural psychiatrists argued that the DSM-III ignored the importance of a patient's cultural background.
  d) Criticism from social psychologists that the DSM did not take advances in social psychology into consideration.

Question 2

According to a study by Miller and Bersoff (1992), the American participants, both children and adults, considered not helping someone a moral transgression more than the Indian participants, regardless of the life-threatening nature of the situation or whether the person in need was related.
 
  a) True
  b) False



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b



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