Thirty-Year-Old Armand Feels Compelled to Save Objects That Others Might

question 55

Multiple Choice

Thirty-year-old Armand feels compelled to save objects that others might throw away.He is afraid that he will discard something he will need later,so his home is filled with old junk.Armand's neighbors have complained and he feels embarrassed.Which criteria that define abnormality are applicable in this case?

• A) Armand's behavior deviates from what is acceptable in a culture and is distressing for him.
• B) Armand's behavior has drawn the attention of other people.
• C) Hoarding behavior is normal through adolescence but should disappear by the time the person is in his early- to mid-twenties.
• D) Saving junk suggests that Armand is paranoid.

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Definitions:

Classical

Pertaining to the first significant period or highest standard within any discipline; in psychology, often refers to conditions or experiments that form the basis of behaviorism, such as classical conditioning.

Pavlov

A Russian physiologist best known for developing the concept of the conditioned reflex through experiments with dogs, leading to the foundation of classical conditioning in behaviorism.

Law of Effect

A principle suggesting that responses that produce a satisfying effect in a particular situation become more likely to occur again in that situation, while responses that produce a discomforting effect become less likely.

Titchener

Edward Bradford Titchener, an early 20th-century psychologist, known for developing the theory of structuralism, which focused on understanding the structure of the mind through introspection.