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  1. What are the 2 deviance paradigms?
    • Goodness/Badness (Moral)
    • Health/Illness (Medical)
  2. Under the moral paradigm, what is behavior due to?
    Free will (choice)
  3. Under the medical paradigm of deviance, what is behavior due to?
    An underlying pathogen: biological, social or psychological
  4. What paradigm is the DSM a part of?
    Health/Illness
  5. What are 3 integrated models of etiology?
    • Biopsychosocial
    • Biopsychosocial-cultural
    • Biopsychosocial-spiritual
  6. "Disease" assumes a ____ cause.
    Biological
  7. Why don't we use the term "illness"?
    "Illness" is a subjective experience of a disease.
  8. Why don't we use the term "disorder"?
    In medicine, it would indicate that etiology is not due to infectious agent/may or may not be biologically caused.
  9. Why don't we use the term "insanity"?
    It is a legal term.
  10. The multiaxial approach favors a _____ understanding of human behavior.
    Biopsychosocial
  11. How is the DSM organized?
    Description
  12. The DSM sacrifices _____ to achieve _____.
    Sacrifices VALIDITY to achieve RELIABILITY
  13. Name 2 common criticisms of the DSM.
    • An individual can meet criteria for multiple diagnoses.
    • "NOS" category is used frequently.
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