Critics of the Medical Model's Explanation of Psychopathology Are More

question 4

Multiple Choice

Critics of the medical model's explanation of psychopathology are more apt to explain psychological or abnormal pathologies in terms of

• A) problems in living.
• B) social judgments.
• C) physical factors.
• D) cognitive deficits.

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Definitions:

Self-Serving Bias

The tendency to attribute one’s successes to internal causes and one’s failures to external causes.

Carl Jung

A Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology and contributed significantly to the understanding of the human psyche.

Extraversion/Introversion

Personality traits indicating the extent to which individuals are outgoing and social or reserved and solitary.

Perception

The process of organizing, interpreting, and making sense of sensory information.