When commenting on his patient's compulsive behavior, Dr. Hernandez says, "He is not just a little compulsive, his level of behavior is as severe as I have ever seen." Dr. Hernandez's comment best illustrates the criteria of _____ in defining abnormal behavior.

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Dr. Hernandez's comment about the patient's behavior being severe indicates that it deviates from statistical norms, as it is an extreme or rare case of compulsive behavior. Social norms refer to cultural or societal expectations, personal distress refers to the individual's subjective experience of discomfort, and joint attention refers to the ability to share attention with others. None of these criteria are directly related to Dr. Hernandez's comment about the severity of the behavior.

When Commenting on His Patient's Compulsive Behavior, Dr