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sabina

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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



alexanderhamilton

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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b



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