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ereecah

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One of the big changes to the DSM-5 was supposed to be a dimensional system for diagnosing personality disorders. Why didn't this happen?
 
  a) Personality disorders are better suited to categorical diagnosis
  b) The dimensional system could not account for all personality disorders
  c) The dimensional system was not well thought out and would be difficult to use in clinical settings
  d) Members of the working group resigned and there was no time to propose new diagnoses

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How does the MMPI attempt to determine if a particular person is responding to the test in a valid way?
 
  a) By having a large enough standardization sample.
  b) By conducting the interview in a structured and standardized way.
  c) By including special validity scales to detect response biases.
  d) By providing ambiguous stimuli so the person does not know which answer is right or wrong.


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akudia

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

c


ereecah

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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