Which of the Following Represents a Problem with Conceptualizing Behavior

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following represents a problem with conceptualizing behavior problems as mental "illness" or "disorder?"

• A) making a diagnosis requires a clinician to compare a child's observed behavior to societal standards, which vary across contexts and cultures
• B) there are not enough trained professionals to differentiate normal from abnormal behavior
• C) they can only be treated with medicine, which school leaders are unable to prescribe
• D) societal values deem mental illnesses and disorders to be detrimental to education

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Definitions:

American Party

A nickname for the Know-Nothing movement, a prominent United States political group in the 1850s which was anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

The 1854 U.S. legislation that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, allowing settlers in those territories to decide whether to allow slavery, leading to significant conflict and violence.

Missouri Compromise

A 1820 agreement admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining a balance between slave and free states in the United States.

Popular Sovereignty

The principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives.