The American Psychiatric Association once considered homosexuality as a type of mental disorder, but no longer does today. This fact is an example of which way that culture influences ideas about abnormality?
a. The same behavior may be judged abnormal at some points in time, but not at others.
b. Some forms of abnormal behavior in a particular culture may have no direct counterpart in another culture. c. The same behavior can be normal in one culture but abnormal in another.
d. Abnormal behavior patterns may be expressed differently in different cultures.
e. Some behaviors may be abnormal in the majority culture, but normal in the minority culture.
a
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