The "Something Is Broken and Needs to Be Fixed" View

question 48

Multiple Choice

The "something is broken and needs to be fixed" view of psychopathology is problematic for a number of reasons:

• A)Rather than reflecting a dysfunction,psychopathology might just represent a more extreme form of normal behaviour
• B)By implying that psychopathology is caused by a normal process that is broken,imperfect or dysfunctional,the medical model may have an important influence on how we view people suffering from mental health problems)
• C)It can be stigmatising to be labelled as someone who is biological or psychologically imperfect
• D)All of the above

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Definitions:

Indentured Servants

Laborers bound under contract to work for a specific period of time in exchange for transportation, food, clothing, lodging, and other necessities during the 17th and 18th centuries in America.

Voluntarily Came

The act of choosing to arrive or participate in something out of one's own free will without coercion.

Displacing Indians

The process of forcibly removing Native American tribes from their ancestral lands, often to make way for European settlers and the expansion of the United States.

Settling on Land

The act of occupying and establishing control over a new area of land, often involving the displacement of existing populations.