Based on Current Research, What Is the BEST Conclusion About

question 187

Multiple Choice

Based on current research, what is the BEST conclusion about the cause of acute and posttraumatic stress disorders? Is nature or nurture more responsible for these disorders?

• A) It's probably an interaction. Both nature and nurture are important.
• B) Stress disorders are due to situational factors, not to inheritance.
• C) Stress disorders are inherited; situational factors have no impact.
• D) To date, there is almost no research on this question.

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Definitions:

Independent Variable

A variable in a study or experiment that is manipulated or changed to observe its effect on a dependent variable.

Residual Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation in a set of observed values that is not explained by a statistical model, representing the standard deviation of the differences between predicted and observed values.

Regression Model

A mathematical representation used to estimate the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Normally Distributed Residuals

Residuals (the differences between observed and predicted values) that are distributed according to a normal distribution, indicating a good fit for a linear model.