Discuss some of the difficulties involved in attempting to define abnormal behavior
What will be an ideal response?
"Abnormal" presupposes some norm from which behavior deviates, but there is no definition of "normal" about
which people can all agree. Abnormal is also related to behavior that is deemed undesirable by society. Value
issues therefore always complicate the objective definition of disorders. What, exactly, comprises distress,
disability, or dysfunction is also difficult to define. In addition, definitions of abnormality vary not only with
culture, but over time.
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a. cerebellum b. reticular formation c. hippocampus d. thalamus
The P technique is designed to discover the______________ trait structure of a single individual
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word