In the diathesis-stress theory, the diathesis is ____.
a. the amount of stressful life changes that activates a disorder
b. the individual's predisposition to develop illness
c. an individual's neurotransmitter imbalance
d. a faulty schema the individual uses to understand the world
Question 2Faith says that she agrees with the diathesis-stress view of psychopathology that ____.
a. biochemical changes influence the structure of the brain to produce most disorders
b. the environment plays little, if any, role in the development of disorders
c. genetics are unimportant in the explanation of disorders
d. genetics and environmental factors interact to cause disorders
Question 3The scientific field that studies the effects of drugs on the mind and behavior is called ____.
a. psychopharmaceuticals
b. pharmaceuticals
c. psychopharmacology
d. pharmacology
Question 4Which statement about the biological model is accurate?
a. It has helped find effective drugs for treating disorders.
b. It has received support from diathesis-stress theory.
c. It has shown that mental disorders are almost always caused by structural abnormalities in the brain.
d. It has proven that inheritance is the direct cause of most disorders.
Question 5Which statement is true of human genomes?
a. Scientists have been able to map and understand all of the genes outside the nucleus of a human cell.
b. The genome provides the complete DNA of a cell.
c. Epigenomes are the chemical compounds found in the genome.
d. Genes are turned on and off by material inside of the genome.
Question 6A person's observable physical or behavioral characteristics are the ____.
a. same thing as their genotype
b. result of inheritance only
c. result of environmental factors only
d. same thing as their phenotype
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