Chapter 11 Flashcards
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Culture-bound syndromes
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Psychological disorders observed only in certain sociocultural milieus
1
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Cultural relativism
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A viewpoint that suggests that psychological disorders can only be understood in the cultural framework within which they occur.
2
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Overpathologizing
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Misinterpreting culturally sanctioned behavior as expressions of pathological symptoms
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What ethnic group is among the fastest growing population in the US and constitute 15.1% of the population?
What group constitutes 4.4% and is also among the fastest?
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Latino Americans
Asian Americans
4
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______ women were more likely to report depressive disorder compared to _______ women.
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Chinese
Vietnamese
5
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_____men were more likely to report substance abuse disorder than _____ men.
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Filipino
Chinese
