In determining whether a behavior is abnormal, one key judgment that is often made by mental health professionals is
a. deciding how long a specific behavior has occurred.
b. to determine if a cultural bias exists within the therapeutic relationship.
c. whether the individual is experiencing sadness and irritability at the same time.
d. whether the behavior interferes with a person's ability to function effectively.
d
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Social scientists often see family change in terms of the ________, or the developmental course of family relationships
a. family stages b. family life cycle c. psychosexual stages d. reciprocity struggle
Ofelia has a mild intellectual disability. She would be most likely to have an intelligence quotient of ____.
A. 27 B. 41 C. 65 D. 103
According to Goldin-Meadow, children who produce speech–gesture mismatches on addition-based equivalence problems
A) are in a transitional state. B) have a learning disorder in math computation. C) employ a trial-and-error approach to problem solving. D) are less likely to benefit from teaching than children who produce speech–gesture matches.
Todd is mentally retarded, sterile, and has small external genitalia, undescended testicles, and breast enlargement. His chromosome pattern is XXY
Since puberty, he has received hormone replacement therapy in order to maintain his secondary-sex characteristics. What sex-linked abnormality does Todd most likely have? a. Klinefelter's syndrome b. Down syndrome c. Turner's syndrome d. Fragile X syndrome