A) Fewer than 40% of surveyed pediatricians reported using the DSM criteria to evaluate cases of ADHD.
B) Almost 90% of the children in a very large sample who were receiving medication for ADHD met the carefully constructed criteria spelled out in the DSM.
C) The DSM provides precise criteria to distinguish between normal and abnormal inattentiveness and hyperactivity.
D) The combination of inattentiveness and hyperactivity in children is, by definition, ADHD.
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A) A U.S. president (one of 45 men in history)
B) A Nepalese speaker (approximately 25 million out of over 7 billion people on earth)
C) A person with an IQ above 115 (almost 16% of the population)
D) A resident of the United States with a motor vehicle (for every 1,000 residents, there are approximately 800 motor vehicles)
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A) The highest prevalence rates are in the Southwest.
B) Regional discrepancies might represent the DSM's varying diagnostic criteria for different parts of the country.
C) Regional discrepancies might be associated with low socioeconomic status, which is considered a risk factor.
D) The highest prevalence rates are in the Northeast.
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A) frontal lobe activity.
B) neural degeneration.
C) synapses that rely on glutamate.
D) excessive dopamine activity.
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A) As many as 50% of women may experience depression during their lifetimes.
B) Men may make their depressed mood more apparent by drinking alcohol.
C) People over 60 are about one third as likely as people between 18 and 29 to be diagnosed with depression.
D) Men are diagnosed with depression more frequently than women in non-Western cultures.
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A) Sugar
B) Food additives
C) Poor parenting
D) Thimerosal
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A) beliefs, processing, or memory.
B) identity, memory, or consciousness.
C) relationships, perceptions, and sleep.
D) visual and auditory processing.
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A) A disorder characterized by impairments in identity, in personality traits, and in the establishment of empathy or intimacy
B) A mood disorder characterized by alternating periods of mania and depression
C) A disorder characterized by instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and emotion
D) A disorder characterized by disruptions in a person's identity, memory, or consciousness
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A) can be expected to lag behind their same-age peers in some tasks but will eventually experience improvement.
B) will never be as intelligent as their same-age peers.
C) can be expected to go through puberty approximately 3 years behind their same-age peers.
D) will never catch up with their same-age peers.
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A) Responses to extreme stress
B) Symptoms of schizophrenia
C) Cycles of mania and depression
D) Symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder
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A) LeBron James, a basketball player
B) Mike Pence, a politician
C) Larry Page, a computer programmer/entrepreneur
D) Amy Adams, an actress
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A) Pharrell has too little dopamine activity at the synapse.
B) Pharrell is spending too little time in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
C) Pharrell is spending too much time in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
D) Pharrell has too much dopamine activity at the synapse.
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A) the inhibition of impulsivity.
B) the need for excitement.
C) levels of deceit and manipulation.
D) the establishment of empathy or intimacy.
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A) refusing any medical treatment.
B) neglecting personal hygiene and appearance.
C) becoming dependent on pain medications.
D) criminal behavior.
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A) impulsiveness and poor self-control.
B) the remorseless use of others.
C) social deviance.
D) patterns of instability.
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A) Persons susceptible to schizophrenia experienced downward drift to these neighborhoods.
B) Certain ethnicities are more biologically vulnerable to schizophrenia than others.
C) The stress of social isolation because of minority status might contribute to the risk of schizophrenia.
D) Persons may self-select neighborhoods in order to live among those similar to themselves.
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A) they lack interpersonal relationships.
B) they are not real.
C) they are watching their behavior from outside their bodies.
D) they favor isolation.
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A) normal.
B) moderately disordered.
C) psychological disorder, less severe.
D) psychological disorder, more severe.
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A) OCD prevalence and behaviors vary by culture.
B) OCD has a strong genetic vulnerability.
C) OCD is a learned behavior through classical conditioning.
D) OCD can be attributed to evolutionary causal factors.
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