A student is preparing a timeline of how views on abnormal behaviour changed in the West. Arrange the following developments in the order in which they took place:
(A) A new inclination for deinstitutionalisation, with emphasis on community care for recovered mentally ill individuals
(B) A convergence of approaches into an interactional, or biopsycho-social approach
(C) The scientific method replaced faith and dogma as ways of understanding abnormal behaviour
(D) Reforms of asylums were initiated in both Europe and America
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) A new inclination for deinstitutionalisation, with emphasis on community care for recovered mentally ill individuals
(B) A convergence of approaches into an interactional, or biopsycho-social approach
(C) The scientific method replaced faith and dogma as ways of understanding abnormal behaviour
(D) Reforms of asylums were initiated in both Europe and America
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → C, D, A, B
(C) The scientific method replaced faith and dogma as ways of understanding abnormal behaviour — First. Comes first. In the Age of Reason and Enlightenment (17th and 18th centuries), the scientific method took the place of faith and dogma.
(D) Reforms of asylums were initiated in both Europe and America — Second. Comes second. The growth of this scientific attitude led to the Reform Movement, and asylum reforms began in Europe and America.
(A) A new inclination for deinstitutionalisation, with emphasis on community care for recovered mentally ill individuals — Third. Comes third. Deinstitutionalisation was a newer aspect of the same reform movement. It stressed community care for people who had recovered.
(B) A convergence of approaches into an interactional, or biopsycho-social approach — Fourth. Comes last. Only in recent years have the approaches come together in the biopsycho-social approach, where biological, psychological and social factors all play a part.
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