Szasz argues that we should abandon any attempt at classifying and diagnosing mental
disorders, in part, because
a. labels relieve people of the responsibility for their condition and for taking personal steps
toward improving it.
b. the DSM is not reliable.
c. people's mental states are too complex to be described using a label.
d. people's mental states are too complex to ever uncover the causes of maladaptive behavior
and thought patterns.
e. treatment of such disorders always requires medication.
a. labels relieve people of the responsibilityfor their condition and for taking personal
steps toward improving it.
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a. divergence. b. discrepancy. c. conformity. d. job satisfaction. e. deviation.
Do all people think at the level of formal operational thought once they have conquered concrete
operational thinking? a. Yes, otherwise abstract thought would be obsolete b. Yes, it is a skill that all adults need to use, irregardless of culture or career c. No, not everyone needs to in their daily lives or work d. No, people in pre-industrialized cultures have notadvanced enough to be able to think this way