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The maladaptive behavior approach defines abnormal behavior based on an individual’s:    

____________________ is the decreasing response of the senses due to increased/over exposure of stimuli.  

Sally likes to tell about her first birthday party, insisting that she remembers wiping cake icing in her hair but in reality Sally has seen a video of the event.  This type of memory is known as ________________.  

Mrs. Johnson is suspicious of the voices in walls of her office. She hears them telling her she is going to die from being stabbed by a bug that wears a purple helmet. Mrs. Johnson could be suffering from______________________________.       

During a visit to the local shopping mall, Kim suddenly found her heart pounding, experienced trouble breathing, felt dizzy, started sweating, and felt as if she were going to die. Kim has experienced a:        

Our ______________ is when we develop an identity based on groups in which we belong.  

A person exhibiting bizarre ideas, often about one’s own body, childish behavior, and extreme neglect of personal   hygiene could be diagnosed with ____________________    

Which of the following behaviors would be considered abnormal based upon the statistical frequency approach?        

The ______________ memory stage has a very small capacity, where information is sent from the senses.  

A mental disorder that involves persistent, recurring thoughts or impulses to do senseless behaviors or rituals is called: