Describe the criteria used to determine if a person’s behavior is considered abnormal.?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:
- Not typical or culturally expected. If we judge normal as what most people do, then engaging in a behavior less or more frequently than others would be atypical.
- Distress. A mental health disorder causes great personal distress to the individual or those around him or her.
3. Dysfunction. In defining abnormality, psychologists consider whether a behavior interferes with a person’s ability to function.
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Regarding experts and novices, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Experts are always in reflective processing mode when displaying their expert skills. b. At the highest skill levels, expert performers tend to rise above rules and plans. c. To develop expertise in a field requires one to learn available heuristic solution strategies as well as to develop a deeper general understanding of the field. d. Expertise involves learning thousands of patterns and practicing solving many problems over 10 years.
Insight is a concept associated with _______ learning theory
a. classical b. operant c. social d. cognitive
A clear example of the connection between the mind and body, especially between psychology and immune functioning, is that ______.
A. only real emotional experiences lead to immune changes B. autoimmune disorders are more common in men C. even faked emotional experiences lead to immune changes D. Only animals show a conditioned immune response
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Referring to a cat as introverted is an example of anthropomorphism