Exam 3: Causal Factors and Viewpoints

1-112.An elementary school principal wants to know the best predictors of juvenile delinquency and dropping out of school in high school so she can provide preventive interventions.Your best advice is:

1-17.The additive model of the diathesis stress theory proposes that

1-80.One of Freud's major contributions to current perspectives of mental disorders is

1-46.Andrea and her parents are shy and quiet.Her parents never take Andrea to any activities where there are many people.They buy her books and crafts that she can do by herself.This shows

If having a gene for Parkinson's disease guarantees that Parkinson's disease will develop,the presence of the gene can be described as a

1-40.When examining heredity,mental disorders are almost always

1-41.Mental disorders are almost always influenced by multiple genes.This means they are

What is the diathesis-stress model of psychopathology?

1-65.In psychoanalytic theory,which psychosexual stage centers on castration anxiety?

1-57.Which of the following strives to describe the location of genes responsible for mental disorders?

3-10.What is a culture-bound disorder?

1-98.Making a new experience fit existing frameworks is associated with ________; changing our existing frameworks to incorporate a new experience is associated with ________.

1-71.Which of the following psychodynamic elements of the personality can be described as impulsive and selfish?

______________ are conditions that increase the probability of a disorder but are neither necessary nor sufficient to cause it.

1-72.Freud's view of mental disorders was that they were a result of

1-102.Abused infants and toddlers

How do defense mechanisms contribute to psychopathology?

1-116.Cross-cultural research on stress demonstrates that

1-107.The four parenting styles described in the text differ along two dimensions,warmth and control.The style associated with the most positive developmental outcome is best described as ________ in warmth and ________ in control.

Why does the selection of a theoretical perspective of mental disorders matter?