Within the Medical Model, Distinctive Patterns of Abnormal Behavior Are

question 18

Multiple Choice

Within the medical model, distinctive patterns of abnormal behavior are described as

• A)psychological oddities.
• B)biological disorders.
• C)mental disorders or mental illnesses.
• D)diatheses.
• E)attributional styles.

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Definitions:

Germ Cells

Reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms that give rise to sperm and eggs.

Zygote

The initial cell formed when a sperm cell from a male and an ovum from a female merge during fertilization.

Codominance

An outcome in which a trait that is determined by two alleles is different from the trait produced by either of the contributing alleles alone.

Recessive Trait

A genetic feature or condition that is expressed in an organism only when two copies of the gene are present, often masked by the presence of a dominant allele when only one copy is present.