This Criterion Has NOT Been Used as an Approach to Defining

question 38

Multiple Choice

This criterion has NOT been used as an approach to defining abnormal behavior:

• A)level of dysfunction
• B)personal distress
• C)medical school consensus
• D)violation of social or cultural norms

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Definitions:

Complement

A group of proteins in blood and other body fluids that are activated by an antigen–antibody complex and then destroy pathogens.

X-ray Diffraction

A technique for determining the spatial arrangement of the components of a crystal.

Amino Acids

Organic compounds that serve as the building blocks of proteins, essential for various bodily functions and processes.

Nucleotides

The basic structural unit and building block for DNA and RNA, consisting of a nitrogenous base, a sugar (ribose or deoxyribose), and one or more phosphate groups.