According to Wakefield's "Harmful Dysfunction" Definition of Mental Disorder,a Disorder

question 77

Multiple Choice

According to Wakefield's "harmful dysfunction" definition of mental disorder,a disorder must

• A) involve symptoms that are present in more than one setting.
• B) involve the dysfunction of some internal mechanism selected by evolution to perform a specific task.
• C) be free of any value judgments.
• D) be free of culturally specific value judgments.

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Definitions:

Heterozygous

A genetic condition in which an individual has two different alleles of a gene, one inherited from each parent, contributing to genetic diversity.

Hereditary Transmission

The process by which genetic information is passed from parents to their offspring, determining inherited traits.

Genes

Units of heredity made up of DNA that act as instructions to make molecules called proteins, influencing how organisms develop and function.

Chromosomes

Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells, made of protein and a single molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), carrying genetic information.