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Cultural Influences on Abnormal Psychology

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This solution provides a short discussion on the influence culture has on the study of abnormal psychology. It lists two references and has a total of 183 words.

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Abnormal psychology provides us with a great opportunity to understand human thinking and behavior and to decipher what is normal from what is not normal. From the abnormality, we are able to develop a diagnosis that meets certain criteria as set by the DSM IV-TR. However, one very interesting thing that can be learned about ...

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