When Describing the Voices That He Hears in His Head

question 23

Multiple Choice

When describing the voices that he hears in his head, Bell says, "They really don't bother me, but they did cost me my job as a telephone operator as I kept giving out numbers to the voices rather than the callers." Bell's situation illustrates the criteria of _____ in defining abnormal behavior.

• A) maladaptiveness
• B) personal distress
• C) statistical deviance
• D) joint attention

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