With respect to the three characteristics of abnormal behavior, when a behavior interferes with a person's ability to function effectively in the world, it is considered

A. maladaptive.
B. dependent.
C. unique.
D. repetitive.


Answer: A

Psychology

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a. situational biases are inborn. b. dispositional biases are inborn. c. dispositional and situational biases are culturally shaped. d. children respond with a situational bias, which becomes dispositional in adulthood.

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Illiterate individuals tend to have less white matter in a part of the parietal cortex when compared with literate people

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Psychology

The secondary sex characteristics are the structures that make reproduction possible

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

______________ believed that internal events such as motivation could be inferred directly from behaviors

a. Skinner c. Hull b. Thorndike d. Watson

Psychology