Widiger and colleagues have argued for decades that a dimensional model is more advantageous than a categorical model.Which of the following was NOT one of their listed advantages?
A) It would retain more information about each individual.
B) It would be more flexible because it would permit both categorical and dimensional differentiations.
C) It would avoid the often arbitrary decisions involved in assigning a person to a diagnostic category.
D) It would allow us to view disorders as real things, comparable to the realness of an infection or a broken arm.
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