According to the textbook, the line dividing normal from abnormal is

a. always clear.
b. often one of degree.
c. based on the exact form or content of behavior.
d. not a very important issue.


Answer: b.

Psychology

You might also like to view...

Shalissa has two exams today. One is in French and the other is in history. Last night, she studied French before history. When she gets to her history test, all she can remember is French! Shalissa's memory is suffering from __________.

A. cue-dependent forgetting B. proactive interference C. decay D. retroactive interference

Psychology

Unlike the case study, the single-participant experiment ____

a. cannot determine cause-and-effect relationships b. is based on the nomothetic research orientation c. is better able to assess cause-and-effect relationships d. is a correlational design

Psychology

When experiments similar to Martin Seligman’s studies on dogs were conducted with humans (without shocks), it was found that ____

a. ?humans’ capacity to think makes them more resilient than dogs b. ?the results were similar c. ?humans are usually capable of figuring a way out of apparently inescapable situations d. ?humans are psychologically affected, but not physically

Psychology

Psychotherapy outcome researchers have proposed that _____, the nature of the relationship between client and psychotherapist, is a common factor across diverse forms of psychotherapy.

A. therapeutic alliance B. hope C. positive expectations D. collaboration

Psychology