The Diathesis-Stress Model of Mental Disorders Focuses Mainly on How

question 65

Multiple Choice

The diathesis-stress model of mental disorders focuses mainly on how

• A)nature can influence psychological disorders.
• B)nurture can influence psychological disorders.
• C)either nature or nurture can individually influence psychological disorders.
• D)both nature and nurture can interact to influence psychological disorders.

---

Definitions:

Population Parameter

A numerical value that describes a characteristic of an entire population, such as its mean or standard deviation.

Sample Statistic

A numerical measure that describes some characteristic of a sample, such as the sample mean or sample standard deviation.

50th Percentile

Also known as the median, it is the value below which 50% of the observations in a group of data fall.

N - 1

A formula used to calculate the sample variance or sample standard deviation, representing the sample size minus one.