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jake

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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.

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



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

Equifinality indicates that a number of paths to a given outcome must be considered, for example, a hallucinatory syndrome may be the result of schizophrenia or the result of taking LSD. The different paths can also be the result of the interaction of psychological and biological factors during various stages of development.



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