alleryStart learning →The model that combines a biological vulnerability with life stress is the:
AHumanistic model
BDiathesis-stress model
CBehaviourist model
DPsychoanalytic model
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Diathesis-stress model
1. Neither biology nor circumstance fully explains most disorders on its own.
2. Despite advances in understanding the biological basis of psychological disorders, the psychosocial perspective is still very important.
3. The diathesis-stress model of psychological disorders combines the two.
4. A predisposition only produces a disorder when enough stress is added.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 15 'Psychological Disorders', sections 15.1-15.11_
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