Pam Is Experiencing a Major Depressive Episode

question 91

Multiple Choice

Pam is experiencing a major depressive episode. She is upset that she doesn't feel "like herself," and it bothers her that she has too little energy to participate fully in her family and work life. Pam's discomfort is an example of the _____ associated with psychological abnormality.

• A)distress
• B)dysfunction
• C)deviance
• D)disability

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Definitions:

Horizontal Summation

A method used in economics to describe the total demand or supply in a market by adding together individual demands or supplies at the same price level across different entities.

Vertical Summation

A method used in economics to aggregate individual demand curves to find total market demand for a good.

Private Good

A product or service that is excludable and rival in consumption, meaning its use by one individual prevents its use by another.

Public Good

Refers to commodities or services that provide benefits to all members of society and whose use by one individual does not diminish the availability to others.