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Five-year-old Daniel's older brother, Marcus, has just been diagnosed with autism. From a family model perspective, identify the possible subsystems in Daniel's family and how his brother's diagnosis might affect these subsystems.
 
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Which factor is a biological explanation of psychopathology?
 
  a. family interactions c. early childhood experiences
  b. neurological dysfunctions d. behaviors learned in the environment



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Answer to Question 1

 Subsytems: Daniel and his brother, Daniel's mother and father, Daniel and his mother, Daniel and his father, Marcus and his mother, Marcus and his father, extended family, etc.
 Relationships and behaviors within each subsystem can be affected: parenting styles, parental control, marital satisfaction, contact with extended family members, etc.

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