According to a dimensional view of personality disorders, each disorder:
A. has a different mean level of abnormality in a given population.
B. is seen as a qualitative break between abnormal and normal personalities.
C. is seen as a continuum, ranging from normality at one end to severe disability or disturbance at the other.
D. is bimodal, with both normal and abnormal modes of behaviors.
Answer: C
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