The scientific study of the origins, symptoms, and development

of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders, and the disorders themselves, are called
a. psychosis.
b. neurosis.
c. psychopathology.
d. neuropathology.


ANSWER: c

Psychology

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Psychology

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A) Laparoscopy B) Culpotomy C) Hysterotomy D) Herniorrhaphy

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Psychology