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Charles Whitman was a mass murderer with no previous history of violence.In an attempt to explain the violent behaviour of Charles Whitman,some psychologists focused on the potentially important role of Whitman's unusual and irrational thoughts.These psychologists were attempting to explain Whitman's behaviour in terms of which level of analysis?


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Dissociative Symptoms

Experiences involving a disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions, and identity.

Co-occur

The simultaneous presence or occurrence of two or more conditions or phenomena, often used in the context of diseases or disorders that appear together in patients.

Personality Disorders

A class of mental health disorders characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating from those accepted by the individual's culture.

Somatic Symptom

A physical symptom that can be experienced as part of a mental disorder but has no identifiable physical cause.

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