What Was NOT One of the Reasons Cited by Simmons

question 131

Multiple Choice

What was NOT one of the reasons cited by Simmons (1987) that psychosurgery was so popular in Ontario between the 1940s and the 1970s?

• A)For the simple purpose of observing what would happen to patients with lobotomies.
• B)For intervention in patients who were unable to afford long-term psychiatric care.
• C)To decrease burden on psychiatric staff.
• D)For experimental purposes.

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Definitions:

Lower-Consensus Deviance

Behaviors that are not widely agreed upon as deviant by society, often involving acts that may be frowned upon by some but not considered criminal or immoral by others.

Public Consensus

General agreement or shared beliefs among a population or group on a specific issue or idea.

Constructionist Perspective

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Constructionists

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