Suppose two people experience the same stressful events, and as a result of the experience, one ...

Suppose two people experience the same stressful events, and as a result of the experience, one person develops an affective disorder while the second person shows no ill effects. The diathesis-stress model would most likely explain this by saying that the
 
  a. person who developed the disorder was older than the other person.
  b. disordered person must be female and the other person must be male.
  c. two people had different predispositions for the disorder and had likely experienced different levels of stress during past encounters with similar stimuli.
  d. person who developed the disorder had a gene that guaranteed the disorder would develop at some point (even without any stress).

Question 2

Changes in language use during preschool and early elementary school years typically include
 
  a. decreased use of decontextualized language.
  b. decreased vocabulary size.
  c. increased babbling.
  d. increased use of transformational grammar rules.

Question 3

Doc Oc adheres to the diathesis-stress position when it comes to explaining the development of psychological disorders. As such, he would predict that if stress is the sole contributor to depression, than in a group of 100 individuals all carrying the same at-risk gene for depression who live in a stress-free world, _____ individuals would develop depression.
 
  a. no
  b. 25
  c. 50
  d. 100

Question 4

John has just developed the ability to convert a declarative sentence (e.g., I like pizza) into both a question (e.g., Do I like eating pizza?) and an imperative (e.g., I must eat pizza). This would indicate that he now is aware of
 
  a. overregulation.
  b. functional grammar.
  c. overextension.
  d. transformational grammar.

Question 5

If the diathesis for a psychological disorder is strong, then
 
  a. personality or genetic predisposition will play a significant role in whether it is expressed.
  b. the behavior will not occur until midlife.
  c. it is more common in females than males.
  d. the environment can shape the cause but not the course of the disorder.

Question 6

Transformational grammar is best associated with rules of
 
  a. phonology.
  b. semantics.
  c. morphology.
  d. syntax.

Question 7

According to the diathesis-stress model, if 100 of individuals with a genetic predisposition to a disorder actually display symptoms of the disorder, regardless of their environmental experiences, this indicates that the behavior is
 
  a. strongly related to diathesis.
  b. strongly related to stress.
  c. strongly related to both diathesis and stress.
  d. neither related to diathesis nor stress.