Somatic Complaints Are Very Common in Non-Western Medical Settings

question 201

Multiple Choice

Somatic complaints are very common in non-Western medical settings. This pattern MOST likely reflects:

• A) higher levels of the emotions in these countries that produce somatization.
• B) the effects of living in a collectivist culture.
• C) a Western bias that sees somatization as an inferior way to handle emotions.
• D) an Asian bias to celebrate somatization as the only "real" response to emotion.

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Definitions:

Modeling

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Observation

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