Question

In order to explain behavior that people find bizarre, szasz directs our attention not to hidden causes within the subconscious, but rather to __________.

Answer 1

Szasz points to how people have learned the deviant or odd behaviors instead of hidden psychological causes. Seeing as Dr. Szasz felt that psychological underpinnings were of less value than the actual behaviors (i.e., he argued that there were no objective tests for designating a DSM diagnosis), the more important concept to be understood was why the person learned to behave as they did.