If You Believe in the ______ Hypothesis,then Terms Such as Insanity

question 156

Multiple Choice

If you believe in the ______ hypothesis,then terms such as insanity and mental illness should not be used to describe abnormal behavior.

• A) jurisprudence
• B) continuity
• C) Freudian
• D) discontinuity

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Definitions:

Clinically Significant

A measure of the practical importance of a research result, indicating that a finding has meaningful implications in a clinical setting.

Premenstrual Syndrome

A set of physical and emotional symptoms that typically occur in the one to two weeks before the start of a menstrual period.

Pathologizes

The process of viewing or treating as psychologically abnormal or unhealthy.

Developmental Psychopathology

A perspective that uses a developmental framework to understand how factors and principles from the various models may intersect at points throughout the lifespan to help produce both normal and abnormal functioning.