The Psychodynamic Approach to Psychopathology

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Created on: 22-02-13 19:50

Torrey (2001) found that mothers of many people with schizophrenia had contracted a particular strain of ????????? during pregnancy

influenza

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The extent to which 2 individuals are similar

concordance rate

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Serotonin is an example of a...

Neurotransmitter

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Recent critics state that the medical model is

inhumane

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The diathesis-stress model states that individuals inherit ?????????????? for the disorder

Susceptibility

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Mental illness does not have a physical basis said.....

Thomas Szasz

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Definition of gene: a unit of inheritance which forms part of a ??????????

chromosome

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Evolutionary view argues that mental disorders such as depression are an exaggerated version of a trait that enhanced ************ fitness

reproductive

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A method to investigate the biological approach

experiment

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This technique to investigate the biological approach, provides a comparison of the frequencies of mental disorders in various populations.

correlational studies

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There are low concordance rates for some mental disorders like

phobias

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There are high concordance rates for other mental disorders e.g.

schizophrenia

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Schizophrenia is commonly associated with the neurotransmitter...

dopamine

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concordance rates are never ********** percent

one hundred

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A biological psychologist explains abnormal behaviour in terms of abnormal...

biology

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