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Which of the following is an example of family aggregation?
a. Both Jane and her husband are alcoholics.
b. Jim and John, 21-year-old friends, are both schizophrenics.
c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety
disorder.
d. Kim's suicide was apparently a reaction to her mother's abuse.
c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety
What makes defining abnormality difficult?
a. There are so many types of abnormal behavior that they can't be accurately described.
b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal.
c. Most of us are abnormal much of the time so that we cannot tell what is normal.
d. Criteria for abnormality have yet to be developed.
b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal.
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Which of the following is a sufficient element to determine abnormality?
a. Suffering
b. Maladaptiveness
c. Deviancy
d. There is no single sufficient element.
d. There is no single sufficient element.
The fact that body piercings are commonplace today while they would once have been viewed as abnormal
illustrates that
a. modern society is unlikely to change.
b. what is acceptable for men and women is no longer different.
c. American culture values independence.
d. the values of a society may change over time.
d. the values of a society may change over time.
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Brett persistently injects himself with pain killers. This has greatly increased his chance of overdosing and dying. His
behavior harms no one else. According to the DSM-5, is Brett's behavior consistent with the definition of a mental
disorder?
a. Yes, because many people in society engage in this behavior.
b. Yes, because he is persistently acting in a way that harms him.
c. No, because his behavior must also harm the well-being of others in the community.
d. No, because there is no evidence that his actions are out of his own control.
b. Yes, because he is persistently acting in a way that harms him.
According to the DSM, when is deviant behavior viewed as indicative of a mental disorder?
a. Always
b. Only when the behavior is inconsistent with cultural norms
c. When it is a symptom of a dysfunction in the individual
d. Never
c. When it is a symptom of a dysfunction in the individual
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Which of the following is an example of family aggregation?
a. Both Jane and her husband are alcoholics.
b. Jim and John, 21-year-old friends, are both schizophrenics.
c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety
disorder.
d. Kim's suicide was apparently a reaction to her mother's abuse.
c. Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety
What makes defining abnormality difficult?
a. There are so many types of abnormal behavior that they can't be accurately described.
b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal.
c. Most of us are abnormal much of the time so that we cannot tell what is normal.
d. Criteria for abnormality have yet to be developed.
b. There is no one behavior that serves to make someone abnormal.
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Which of the following is a sufficient element to determine abnormality?
a. Suffering
b. Maladaptiveness
c. Deviancy
d. There is no single sufficient element.
d. There is no single sufficient element.
The fact that body piercings are commonplace today while they would once have been viewed as abnormal
illustrates that
a. modern society is unlikely to change.
b. what is acceptable for men and women is no longer different.
c. American culture values independence.
d. the values of a society may change over time.
d. the values of a society may change over time.
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Brett persistently injects himself with pain killers. This has greatly increased his chance of overdosing and dying. His
behavior harms no one else. According to the DSM-5, is Brett's behavior consistent with the definition of a mental
disorder?
a. Yes, because many people in society engage in this behavior.
b. Yes, because he is persistently acting in a way that harms him.
c. No, because his behavior must also harm the well-being of others in the community.
d. No, because there is no evidence that his actions are out of his own control.
b. Yes, because he is persistently acting in a way that harms him.
According to the DSM, when is deviant behavior viewed as indicative of a mental disorder?
a. Always
b. Only when the behavior is inconsistent with cultural norms
c. When it is a symptom of a dysfunction in the individual
d. Never
c. When it is a symptom of a dysfunction in the individual
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