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yoroshambo

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Which of the following is NOT true regarding critics of the medical model of abnormal behavior?
 
  a. The disease analogy continues to be useful.
  b. A particularly vocal critic is Thomas Szasz.
  c. The medical model's disease analogy converts moral and social questions about what is acceptable behavior into medical questions.
  d. Abnormal behavior usually involves a deviation from social norms rather than an illness.

Question 2

Prior to the 18th century, most conceptions of abnormal behavior were based on
 
  a. superstition, such as demons, witches, or being punished by God.
  b. the idea that the person must have a disease of some type.
  c. bacteria and plagues.
  d. the person afflicted was just different.



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

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