Professor Martin, a historian who studies ancient cultures, would likely suggest that prehistoric societies attributed mental illness to ____.
A) social stressors
B) sorcery
C) chemical imbalance
D) biological disequilibrium

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Historians and anthropologists often find that prehistoric and ancient societies attributed phenomena they couldn't understand, including mental illness, to supernatural causes such as sorcery or the displeasure of the gods, rather than to natural or scientific causes.

Professor Martin, a Historian Who Studies Ancient Cultures, Would Likely