Dora the Explorer Is on a Mission to Find a Completely

question 119

Multiple Choice

Dora the Explorer is on a mission to find a completely healthy society in which people experience no mental disorders.According to the systems approach,Dora will never succeed in her mission because people:

• A) are biopsychosocial organisms, and any aspect of an organism may be dysfunctional
• B) exist in families and larger social units, and those units are often dysfunctional
• C) always strive for personal achievement and fulfillment in a society with outdated laws and regulations that inhibit an individual's free expression
• D) fail to understand that they have a faulty cognitive system, and this faulty system causes them to think illogically

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Definitions:

Environmental Influence

The effect of surroundings, including physical, social, and cultural factors, on individuals' development, behavior, and wellbeing.

Canalized

Describes traits or behaviors that are strongly genetically determined and less influenced by environmental factors.

Motor Development

The progress and changes in an individual's ability to perform various physical movements and tasks, typically tracked from infancy through adulthood.

Heredity

The genetic transmission of characteristics from parents to their offspring.