DSM5 (TR) Classification for Abnormal Behavior

To explain the causes of abnormal behavior

To provide a framework for understanding healthy functioning

To classify people based on their behavior

To communicate about mental disorders (correct)

Lack of specific diagnostic criteria

Inability to classify individuals with mental disorders

Explanatory power for the causes of abnormal behavior

Failure to consider social and unconscious factors (correct)

Categorical approach allows for overlapping of healthy and disordered states

Dimensional approach does not consider superior functioning

Categorical approach allows for a continuum of functioning

Dimensional approach categorizes individuals as healthy or disordered (correct)

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