Rather than helping a person to successfully cope, abnormal
behaviors make it more difficult for the person to meet the every day demands of life. Thus, this core feature of all abnormal behavior refers to the behavior being
a. culturally relative.
b. subjectively painful.
c. statistically deviant.
d. maladaptive.
ANSWER: d
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