According to Jerome Wakefield, one essential component of the definition of a mental disorder is
a. an individual's subjective distress.
b. statistical rarity.
c. one distinguishing symptom.
d. tissue damage revealed by medical tests.
Question 2
While you and your friends are watching a movie, one of the characters says, That's an example of insanity in reference to another character. Because you are taking a course in abnormal psychology, everyone turns to you. What do you say about
insanity?
a. Insanity is a legal term that refers to judgments about whether a person should be held responsible for criminal behavior.
b. Insanity is a general term that refers to the presence of severe signs of mental deterioration.
c. In order to be insane, a person must show evidence of some biological cause of the symptoms.
d. The key to identifying insanity is the presence of delusions.
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