What Is the Logic Behind Family Studies

question 48

Multiple Choice

What is the logic behind family studies?

• A) Families share a culture and customs and hence are likely to be behaviorally similar with respect to disorders.
• B) Some siblings in a family have stronger emotional relationships with one another which will lead these individuals to be more similar in their development and expression of disorders.
• C) If the disorder is partially determined by genetics, biologically related individuals will be affected by the same psychological disorder at a higher rate.
• D) If the disorder is partially determined by genetics, siblings will be more likely to share the disorder than parents and their children will.

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Arranged in order of rank, with higher levels of power or importance dominating lower ones.

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