According to the Diathesis-Stress Model, ________

question 45

Multiple Choice

According to the diathesis-stress model, ________.

• A) people learn to be schizophrenic from observing schizophrenic parents
• B) schizophrenia results from the excess dilation of the blood vessels to the brain, resulting in stress to the neocortex
• C) genetic factors predispose some people to schizophrenia and stress activates the disorder
• D) schizophrenia results when children are taught to act in ways that contradict their perceptions of reality and their feelings

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Definitions:

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Albert Bandura

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