Clinicians Who View Personality Disorders as Extremes of Normal Personality

question 2

Multiple Choice

Clinicians who view personality disorders as extremes of normal personality rather than as ________ have criticized the way the DSM classifies personality disorders.

• A)medical conditions
• B)biologically based traits
• C)separate categories of disorders
• D)impaired functioning

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Definitions:

Cerebral Hemispheres

The two halves of the brain, the left and right hemispheres, each responsible for different functions and controlling opposite sides of the body.

Perceiving

The process of becoming aware or conscious of something through the senses.

Somatosensory Cortex

A part of the brain that processes and interprets sensory information from various parts of the body, involved in detecting touch, temperature, pain, and body position.

Occipital Lobes

Regions of the brain located at the back of the head, responsible for processing visual information.