What Is an Objective Symptom

question 20

Multiple Choice

What is an objective symptom?

• A) A symptom that can be observed by another person
• B) A symptom that precedes a disease
• C) A symptom that is felt by the patient and cannot be observed by another
• D) The symptom causing the patient the most trouble

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Definitions:

Heterosexual Matrix

A concept suggesting that gender identity and sexual orientation are not independent, and that societal norms enforce heterosexuality as natural.

Compulsory Heterosexuality

The societal expectation that heterosexuality is the normative and enforced sexual orientation.

Homosexual Melancholy

The profound sadness or depression that a homosexual individual may experience due to societal rejection or oppression.

Heterosexual Matrix

A concept coined by Judith Butler regarding the socio-cultural interplay of norms that enforce gender binary, sex as biologically fixed, and heterosexuality as natural.