The judgment of the normality of an individual's behavior can be based on whether

A) ?he or she experiences personal distress.
B) ?the behavior deviates from accepted social norms.
C) ?his or her everyday adaptive functioning is impaired.
D) ?any of these.


D

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What is the significant difference between obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD)?

A. People with OCD are more perfectionistic than people with OCPD. B. People with OCPD are less conscientious about their rituals than people with OCD. C. People with OCPD do not have true obsessions or compulsions like people with OCD do. D. People with OCD can do a compulsion once and feel better, people with OCPD never feel better, no matter how many times they do it.

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Kelly believed that individuals are motivated by:

a. the fact of being alive. c. past events. b. instinctive drives. d. the need to self-actualize.

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Kirby suffered a stroke and even though he has recovered much of his functioning, he finds that he still cannot move his left foot effectively. Based on what is known about the functions of the lobes within the cerebral cortex, you should conclude that Kirby's stroke most likely affected his:

a. right frontal lobe b. left frontal lobe c. left temporal lobe d. right temporal lobe

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Which of the following is an example of secondary prevention?

a. Individuals who are intravenous drug users are encouraged to come in for regular blood tests in order to be screened for possible HIV infection. b. In hopes of reducing the incidence of heart disease and stroke, a company offered free cholesterol tests each year. c. A health psychologist is involved in promoting women's health fairs that screen for breast and cervical cancer, and evaluating psychological and nutritional conditions d. all of these choices

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