According to the Stress-Vulnerability Models for Mood Disorders and Schizophrenic

question 62

Multiple Choice

According to the stress-vulnerability models for mood disorders and schizophrenic disorders,

• A)vulnerability to these disorders is determined by the environment alone.
• B)vulnerability to these disorders is determined by heredity alone.
• C)traumatic stress is the major cause of these disorders.
• D)these disorders emerge when high biological vulnerability combines with high stress.

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Definitions:

Impression Formation Theory

A psychological theory that explains how individuals form perceptions and judgments about others based on available information and social cues.

Implicit Personality Theory

The assumptions or biases an individual uses to infer traits or behaviors about others based on limited observable information.

Attribution Theories

Psychological theories that try to explain how people determine the causes of behavior, whether their own or someone else's.

Halo Effect

A cognitive bias in which an observer's overall impression of a person influences their feelings and thoughts about that person's character or properties.