alleryStart learning →Etiology, one of the three things psychopathology studies, means a disorder's:
AIts symptoms
BIts treatment
CIts prevalence
DIts causes
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Its causes
1. Psychopathology covers three aspects of each disorder.
2. Psychopathology is the study of psychological disorders, including their symptoms, etiology and treatment.
3. Etiology is glossed directly as their causes.
4. Symptoms and treatment are named separately in the same list.
5. Prevalence is a fourth idea not included in that definition.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 15 'Psychological Disorders', sections 15.1-15.11_
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