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| Satisfies theoretical prediction |
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| Give two biological theories for depression? |
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1) Meta-analysis of MRIs shows smaller hippocampi, but the question remains whether or not its affect the depression or not. (Videbech, 2004)
2) Overactive HPA axis (Monteleone, 2001). Same problem though, causal not well-established |
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| Gender difference in ADHD due to? |
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| Dopamine D2 receptors (Andersen, 2000) |
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| Gender differences in CD due to? |
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| Social assimilation differences due to delays in males (Keenan, 1997) |
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| Gender differences in alcohol use |
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| Different hormonal influences involving metabolic breakdown, making it more difficult for women to become addicts (Walter, 1997) |
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| Gender differences in PAD due to? |
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| Beta-adrenergic receptor sensitivity less in women than men (Kim, 2004) |
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Fears more common in women vs. men
Or why internalizing disorders are more common. |
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| Who came up with biopsychosocial model? |
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| Who developed the Ecological Systems Theory? |
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| Who proposed the self-propagatory process? What does it say? |
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| (Joiner, 2001) - Beliefs and behaviors that set in motion processes that both result from the individuals' psychopathology and maintain or exacerbate this psychopathology |
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| What did Evans add to McEwan's theory? |
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Allostasis --> Allostatic load
The incorporation of
1) Previous stressors
2) Genes
3) Lifestyle |
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| What are vulnerabilities for aggression outlined by Dodge and colleagues (1994)? |
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| Early adverse interpersonal experiences (particularly childhood physical maltreatment and rejection or aggression from peers) |
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| What is social contagion? |
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| Individuals adopt the attitudes or behaviors of others who influence them (Bovasso, 1996) |
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| Who introduced the resiliency concept? |
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| From where did the diathesis-stress models originate? |
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| Schizophrenia theory and research by Meehl (1962) |
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| What are 4 distinguishing characteristics of attachment? |
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1. Proximity maintenance
2. Safe heaven
3. Secure base
4. Separation distress
(Bowlby, 1940) |
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| What are the characteristics of attachment theory? |
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1. Has evolutionary basis
2. Draws from psychoanalytic theory
3. Security & quality of relationships during infancy & childhood predict adjustment |
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| Model proposed by Grant (2003) of the role of stressors in psychopathology |
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1. Stressors contribute to psychopath
2. Moderators influence rel. between stressor & psychopath
3. Mediators explain the relationship
4. Specificity in the rels. among stressors, moderators & mediators
5. These rels. are reciprocal and dynamic |
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| According to Bandura's SLT, what are the chief factors influencing development? |
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| Environment, behavior and cognition |
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| What are findings from structural imaging studies of ADHD? |
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| Smaller brain volume, cerebellum, and temporal gray matter and presence of frontal-striatal-cerebellar anomalies |
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| Study showing externalizing behaviors were more common in men than women? |
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| Who coined refrigerator mothers? What type of parenting style did this most describe? |
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| Kanner, 1943, Authoritarian |
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| Schizophrenia and Double Bind proposed by? |
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| Bateson, 1956, Authoritarian |
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| Depressed parents are more likely to have children with? |
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| Psychopathology and behavioral disorders, (Cummings, 1994) |
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