Paracelsus Introduced the Notion of Psychic or Mental Causes for Abnormal

question 27

Multiple Choice

Paracelsus introduced the notion of psychic or mental causes for abnormal behavior and posed a treatment that would become known as

• A) behaviorism.
• B) hypnosis.
• C) asylums.
• D) tarantism.

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Definitions:

Planning Fallacy

is the tendency to underestimate the time, costs, and risks of future actions while overestimating the benefits, leading to time and budget overruns.

Underestimate

To judge something below its actual value, size, or importance.

Complete A Task

This means to finish or accomplish a given work or activity usually with a specific goal in mind.

Availability Heuristic

An intellectual shortcut that depends on the readily accessible examples in someone's memory upon contemplating a certain subject, notion, technique, or judgment.