The Criterion That a Particular Behavior Be Atypical or Not

question 98

Multiple Choice

The criterion that a particular behavior be atypical or not culturally expected is insufficient to define abnormality because

• A)behavior that occurs infrequently is considered abnormal in every culture.
• B)the atypical behavior must also cause harm or impairment to be considered abnormal.
• C)behaviors vary very little from one individual to another within each culture.
• D)many people behave in ways that deviate from the average, but this doesn't mean that they have a disorder.

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Definitions:

Animal Hemisphere

The upper half of an egg (in many animals) where most of the cytoplasm is located, opposite the vegetal hemisphere.

Blastula

The blastula is an early stage of embryonic development in animals, characterized by a hollow sphere of cells following the morula stage.

Cytoplasm

The jelly-like material within a cell, excluding the nucleus, containing organelles and involved in cellular processes.

Chromosomes

Chromosomes are long, thread-like structures made of DNA and proteins, contained in the nucleus of cells, which carry genetic information.