The Developmental Psychopathology Approach Focuses on

question 58

Multiple Choice

The developmental psychopathology approach focuses on

• A)describing and exploring the developmental pathways of problems.
• B)looking at family patterns of pathology over three or more generations.
• C)looking at prenatal influences that might predispose an adolescent to psychopathology.
• D)looking at parental discipline techniques that might contribute to acting-out behaviors.

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Definitions:

Diseconomies of Scale

A situation in which production costs increase as a firm’s output increases, leading to decreased efficiency.

Decreasing Returns to Scale

Decreasing Returns to Scale occurs when a firm increases all inputs by a certain proportion, but the output increases by a smaller proportion, indicating reduced efficiency.

Average Costs

The total cost of production divided by the number of units produced, often used to assess efficiency and profitability.

Decreasing Returns to Scale

A situation in which increasing the scale of production leads to a proportionally smaller increase in output, often due to inefficiencies.