Psychiatrists and psychologists label behavior as disordered when it is:

A. aggressive, persistent, intentional, and has duration.

B. selfish, habitual, harmful, and avoidable.

C. deviant, dangerous, distressful, dysfunctional, and has duration.

D. biologically influenced, unconsciously motivated, and difficult to change.

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Denise Quinn

27 November, 09:51

Psychiatrists and psychologists label behavior as disordered when it is:

A. aggressive, persistent, intentional, and has duration.

B. selfish, habitual, harmful, and avoidable.

C. deviant, dangerous, distressful, dysfunctional, and has duration.

D. biologically influenced, unconsciously motivated, and difficult to change.

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Jasmine Welch · Answer 1

C. deviant, dangerous, distressful, dysfunctional, and has duration.

Explanation:

In psychology, a disordered behavior is a pattern of conduct that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. To make a diagnosis, the pattern of behavior has to be persistent, cause mental distress and affect the person in different areas of their life. Also, most of the disorders need to have a minimum duration (from weeks to months) in order to be diagnosed.

Therefore, the correct answer would be c. deviant, dangerous, distressful, dysfunctional, and has duration.