A child is diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disorder. What is one risk of this with a classification system?
a. Classification tends to be highly unreliable.
b. Classification tends to give psychopathology an all-or-nothing quality.
c. Classification is rarely based on empirical research.
d. Classification may create a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Question 2
A major criticism of classification systems is that they ____.
a. provide too much information to be useful
b. stigmatize people by labeling them with a mental disorder
c. do not provide enough information to help therapists design effective treatment
d. ignore cultural and gender differences
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