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ahriuashd

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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 2

Faith 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


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lindahyatt42

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

d


ahriuashd

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Wow, this really help

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