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Understanding Psychological Disorders

Question 5 • SHS Alt Psychology S2 - 2021

All of the following are stereotypes associated with mental illness except __________.

Answer
A
the idea that mental illness is incurable
B
a response of anger toward someone with a mental illness
C
the belief that individuals with mental illness are dangerous
D
the thought that all individuals with a mental illness are not capable of living independently

Explanation

Stereotypes are generalized beliefs about a group. Believing mental illness is incurable, that people with mental illness are dangerous, or that none can live independently are all stereotypes. Anger toward someone is a possible reaction or emotion, not a stereotype itself, so the exception is “a response of anger toward someone with a mental illness.”

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