George was committed to a psychiatric hospital after he was caught happily shopping at the local supermarket without any clothes on. By what criterion is George's behavior considered abnormal?
a. Dangerousness
b. Maladaptive behavior c. Social deviance
d. Emotional distress
e. Faulty perceptions or interpretations of reality
c
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a. ?primary reinforcement b. ?secondary reinforcement c. ?habits d. ?organismic variables e. ?dependent variables
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a. racial membership. b. ethnic membership. c. socioeconomic status. d. all of the above
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a) Ambiguous figures b) Illusions c) Ambiguous stimuli d) Hallucinations