The Search for Explanations of the Etiology of Abnormal Behavior

question 22

Multiple Choice

The search for explanations of the etiology of abnormal behavior dates to ancient times.It was not until the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that three major advances occurred: the work of Sigmund Freud,the discovery of general paresis,and the

• A)blank slate theory.
• B)stationary universe model.
• C)development of the germ theory.
• D)development of academic psychology.

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