While there are numerous definitions of abnormality, most definitions share these four features: deviance, distress, dysfunction, and:


Answer: Danger

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A research report refers to the "spectrum of schizophrenia disorders." Which of the following best illustrates this concept?

a. Mood disorders with psychotic features are similar to schizophrenia. b. The rate of schizophrenia depends on the types of viruses that are prevalent in a given environment. c. A family with a member suffering from schizophrenia is at higher risk for disorders such as schizoaffective disorder. d. Efforts to understand one's place in the world lead many to experience an existential crisis that appears similar to schizophrenia.

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What does increased depth of processing improve?

a. Mainly short-term memory b. Mainly long-term memory c. Short-term memory and long-term memory equally d. Neither short-term memory nor long-term memory

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According to Freud, a moral conscience is formed during the _____ stage, with the emergence of the _____

a. phallic; superego b. phallic; ego c. genital; superego d. latency; Oedipus complex

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The sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system:

a. calms the body down b. aids in digestion c. secretes a group of hormones called corticoids d. prepares the body to deal with danger

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