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The systematic evaluation of psychological, biological, and social factors in a person with a possible mental disorder is known as clinical
 
  a. assessment.
 b. interpretation
 c. validation.
 d. standardization.

Question 2

Describe the concept of equifinality. What does this concept say regarding the causes of psychopathology?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

Describe learned helplessness. How is it developed in laboratory animals, and how does it help us to understand human depression?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

Describe the basic components of the multidimensional integrative model. What are the dimensions, and what does the term integrative mean in this model?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 5

Psychoactive medications (drugs that impact our thoughts, emotions, and behavior) usually work as either agonists or antagonists for various neurotransmitters. Explain both how an agonist and an antagonist operate on neurotransmitters. Explain, also, the process of reuptake inhibition and the effect it has on a neurotransmitter.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 6

Describe the diathesis-stress model, and use it to explain how one identical twin might suffer from clinical depression while the other does not.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 7

The term equifinality refers to the fact that
 
  a. once a process has begun, it will always lead to a final outcome.
  b. many causes of psychopathology are equal in influence.
 c. a number of paths can lead to the same outcome.
 d. all forms of psychopathology have similar causes.

Question 8

The principle that a behavior or disorder may have several causes (e.g., delusions can be a result of amphetamine abuse or of schizophrenia) is called
 
  a. equifinality.
 b. multifinality.
 c. pathogenesis.
 d. orthogonal causation.

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