Why Do Personality Disorders Need to Be Considered Within a Cultural

question 63

Multiple Choice

Why do personality disorders need to be considered within a cultural context?

• A) Only mental health professionals from a person's culture of origin are qualified to make a diagnosis of that person's mental status.
• B) No one's personality develops in isolation; therefore, personality disorders can only develop within a person's culture of origin.
• C) Behavior that may seem odd or eccentric in one cultural setting may be perceived as quite normal in a different cultural setting.
• D) Some cultural products can be mistaken for specific forms of personality disorders.

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Mid-Ocean Ridges

Underwater mountain ranges formed by plate tectonics, where new oceanic crust is created through volcanic activity.

Ocean Basins

The underwater depressions of the Earth's surface that contain the bulk of the planet's ocean water.

Abyssal Plains

Vast, flat areas of the deep ocean floor, situated at depths between 3,000 and 6,000 meters below sea level.

Seamounts

Underwater mountains formed by volcanic activity, which rise from the ocean floor but do not reach the surface.