When We Adopt an Historical Perspective to Study How Other

question 105

Multiple Choice

When we adopt an historical perspective to study how other societies have viewed the problems that we consider to be mental disorders, we find that they have

• A) held quite different views.
• B) held very similar views.
• C) almost always emphasized natural explanations.
• D) almost always emphasized supernatural explanations.

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Definitions:

Mugger

An individual who attacks someone with the intention of robbing them.

Anorexia Nervosa

A condition involving eating behaviors that result in extremely low body weight, a profound fear of becoming heavier, and an inaccurate perception of one's own body weight or shape.

Bulimia

An eating disorder characterized by episodes of binge eating followed by purging, to avoid weight gain.

Schachter and Singer's Theory

A psychological theory proposing that emotion is based on physiological arousal and cognitive labeling of the reason for this arousal.