When a person uses _____ to define abnormality, this measure does not tell us about the meanings of the deviations nor does it tell us where to draw the line between normality and abnormality.
a. subjective relativity
b. mental non-conformity
c. statistical abnormality
d. maladaptive deviations
Ans: c. statistical abnormality
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a) objects, or figures, on some background. b) things that look similar as being part of the same group. c) objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping. d) things with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern.
Rescorla provided evidence that supported his theory by _____
a) examining the brains of his rat subjects in a conditioning experiment. b) presenting a conditioned stimulus with and without the unconditioned stimulus. c) pairing conditioned and unconditioned stimuli only once. d) pairing the unconditioned stimulus with several neutral stimuli.
Historically, homosexuality has been reported __________
a) only in the last 20 years or so. b) generally in Western cultures, but not Eastern societies. c) until recently only in non-religious societies. d) in all societies and throughout history.
If the heritability of a trait is greater than 0 but less than 100%, this would mean that:
a. heredity was a larger influence on the trait than environment b. environment was a larger influence on the trait than heredity c. both heredity and environment influence the trait d. heredity and environment do not interact in their influence on this trait