Stereotyping Mental Illness Is Common in the Popular Media

question 126

Multiple Choice

Stereotyping mental illness is common in the popular media. For example, in the movie Me, Myself & Irene, Jim Carrey's character was misidentified as having:

• A) Dissociative identity disorder
• B) Bipolar disorder
• C) Gender identity disorder
• D) Schizophrenia

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Definitions:

Heredity Factors

The genetic components passed down from parents to offspring, influencing traits and predisposition to certain conditions or behaviors.

Free Will

The concept that humans have the capacity to make choices that are not predetermined by past events, genetic makeup, or current environmental factors.

Natural Selection

A mechanism of evolution where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

Functionalism

A perspective in psychology that emphasizes the purposes of behavior and mental processes and how they adapt to the environment.