As developmental psychologists, Sroufe and Rutter (2000) argue that psychological disorders are best
a. described in terms of a disease.
b. conceptualized as a pattern of adaptation that unfolds over time.
c. thought to be defects lying within the person.
d. understood without knowledge concerning the individual's personal characteristics, history, or developmental status as these factors bias the diagnosis.
b
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A) deliberative B) unconscious C) legitimated D) conscious
A professor has decided to assign group projects to his class. In order to avoid the phenomenon of social loafing, the professor might do which of the following?
a. Assign every student the same grade no matter what. b. Do not assign any grades at all. c. Grade each person separately based on the specific part of the project they completed. d. Make the group as big as possible.