Kevin was seen walking around campus naked on the first day of term. When campus security caught up with him, they told him he was crazy and needed a psychiatric evaluation, despite Kevin telling them he was a nudist
While Kevin is not mentally ill, his behaviour meets which criteria of abnormal behaviour?
a) Personal distress
b) Unexpectedness
c) Violation of norms
d) Disability or dysfunction
c
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When Alaina is working on her bicycle, she brings her entire tool kit out on the driveway and starts pulling wrenches from it at random, trying them until she finds one that fits. Alaina's approach when she is working on her bicycle could be BEST described as
a. alternate outcomes analysis. b. working backward. c. trial and error. d. forming subgoals.
What have researchers concluded when comparing cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) with standard medical care that is augmented with psychiatric consultation for treating somatization symptoms and complaints? a. CBT is significantly more effective than standard medical care augmented with psychiatric consultation. b. Standard medical care augmented with psychiatric consultation is more effective
than CBT. c. Both treatments are equally effective. d. Although CBT has better initial outcomes, neither CBT or medical care remain effective long-term.
Which of the following descriptions of the lobes of the cortex is incorrect?
a. frontal—involved with personality and emotion b. parietal—involved with motor behaviors c. temporal—involved with processing auditory experience d. occipital—involved with processing visual information
At least one study has shown that aggressive boys grow into men who are more likely to
A. abuse a spouse. B. get depressed. C. get intoxicated. D. All of these are correct.