What is one advantage of using statistics to define normality?

a. Statistics show a clear distinction between what is normal and what is not.
b. Statistics avoid the stigmas associated with labels.
c. Mental disorders are best defined by deviations from an average.
d. Statistical descriptions of disorders permit more objective definitions.


d. Statistical descriptions of disorders permit more objective definitions.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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By combining exposure therapy with a technology called __________________, psychologists have had some success treating soldiers suffering from PTSD

FIll in the blank with correct word.

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Deep abdominal breathing is the preferred method for anxiety reduction. Describe this technique of breathing

What will be an ideal response?

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When Keller and Marian Breland, two psychologists who became animal trainers, decided that it would be cute to have a pig drop a big wooden coin into a box, they found that __________

a) food was not an effective reinforcer for the pig and so learning didn't occur. b) when given edible roots as reinforcers, the pig learned the task in less than ten trials. c) the pig displayed instinctive drift by dropping the coin and pushing it around with its nose. d) the pig showed intrinsic interest in the task and so reinforcement was unnecessary.

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