385 Chapter 2 An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology

Exam 1 

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Equifinality is a concept in ___ psychotpathology
Equinfinality
What principle is this: several paths to a given outcome (paths may operate differentially at different developmental stages)
Equifinality
Multidimensional Models of abnormal behaviour x 7
- unidimensional/multidimensional - biological - learning - emotional- cognitive - social - cultural
Who worked in the 19th century. Who contributed to phenotype vs. genotype
Gregor Mendel
Development and behaviour is often ___
Polygenetic
Genetic contribution to psychopathology less than __ %
50
Predisposition/vulnerability to develop a disorder (usually genetic)
Diathesis
Is a difficult life experience (usually a psychological experience)
Stress
a way of explaining how people end up suffering frommental disorders by assuming that mental disorders come from the interaction of two things, genetic and life experience (nature and nurture).
Diathesis-stress/dual-risk model
Genetics ___ probability a person will experience stressful life events
Increase
Subtle effects of environment can lead to __ differences in behaviour
Large
Environment can ___ genetic diathesis
Over ride
The ability to identify individuals with genes that pose risks for the development of an illness or disease
Genetic testing
The role of the nervous system in disease and behaviour
Neuroscience
Whats in the central nervous system
Brain and spinal cord