Describe the premise of the medical model of abnormal behavior
What will be an ideal response?
The medical model proposes that it is useful to think of abnormal behavior as a disease and is the basis for many of the terms used to refer to abnormal behavior including "mental illness," "psychological disorder," and "psychopathology.". This model became popular during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and is a strong influence in the way we think about abnormal behavior today.
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litter the kitchen." Chad's failure to realize that a wine bottle can serve as a makeshift but romantic vase is an example of: A) the recency effect. B) the availability bias. C) semantic interference. D) functional fixedness.
If Kim's construct system has many constructs that are permeable, we would say that she is:
a. open-minded b. closed-minded c. rigid d. competitive
How interesting you find a college course depends more on your attitude than on how entertaining the instructor makes his or her lectures
Indicate whether this statement is true or false
Learning that one's expectations about work are unrealistic and that one's training is inadequate is most likely to lead to which of the following?
a. reality shock b. self-actualization c. emotional independence d. the mentoring relationship