Which are true of the diathesis-stress model of mental illness?Please identify all correct answers.
1: When an enduring vulnerability factor in a person is coupled with a recent stressor, it results in psychological disorder.
2: Only one of the diathesis or stressor needs to be present for symptoms of the psychological disorder to occur.
3: Both the diathesis and the stressor must be present to lead the symptoms of the psychological disorder.
4: Diathesis and stressors have specific definitions.

Related Mcqs:

1. Which models explains that psychological disorders develop when people with some vulnerability to mental illness experience proximal stressors?

   A. Diathesis-stress model
   B. Attachment model
   C. Psychodynamic model
   D. Cognitive-behavioral model

2. Hafsa has a psychological disorder and her doctor has prescribed an MAO inhibitor to reduce the severity of Hafsa’s symptoms. In this case, Hafsa’s therapist is MOST likely treating her for ____________?

   A. a dissociative disorder
   B. depression
   C. an anxiety disorder
   D. schizophrenia

3. Gil has a psychological disorder, and his doctor has prescribed an antipsychotic drug to reduce the severity of Gil’s symptoms. In this case, Gil’s therapist is MOST likely treating him for

   A. generalized anxiety disorder
   B. schizophrenia
   C. borderline personality disorder
   D. panic disorder

4. Sana has psychological disorder, and her doctor has prescribed an MAO inhibitor to reduce the severity of Sana’s symptoms. In this case, Sana’s therapist is MOST likely treating her for

   A. a dissociative disorder
   B. depression
   C. an anxiety disorder
   D. schizophrenia

5. Gill has psychological disorder, and his doctor has prescribed an antipsychotic drug to reduce the severity of Gil’s symptoms. In this case, Gill therapist is MOST likely treating him for

   A. generalized anxiety disorder
   B. schizophrenia
   C. borderline personality disorder
   D. panic disorder

6. When a person has suffered numerous hypomanic and depressive symptoms for over 2 years, but the symptoms are not serious enough in duration to be considered a mood episode, it is called what?

   A. Cyclothymic Disorder
   B. Bipolar II
   C. Bipolar I
   D. Ultra – Rapid Cycling

7. Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible, enduring, and socially maladaptive behavior patterns are called_______disorders.

   A. acute
   B. free-floating
   C. personality
   D. reactive

8. Raheem is taking the SAT and he has just answered “A” to seven consecutives. He is convinced that if the answers are random this shouldn’t happen, so he changes one of his answers to “B” and one to “D” Raheeem is showing evidence of:

   A. farming effect
   B. the gambler’s fallacy
   C. functional fixedness
   D. the conjunction fallacy

9. Symptoms of major depressive disorder might include:
   1: Specific phobias.
   2: Losing interest or pleasure in things that you usually enjoy.
   3: Changes in appetite.
   4: An excessively euphoric mood.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 3 & 4
   C. 2 & 3
   D. 1 & 4

10. Select the TWO correct statements from those below with regard to psychological research:
    1.You can fully understand the result of an IQ test without knowing anything about intelligence testing and standard scores.
    2. if two things are correlated this signifies that one is the cause of the other.
    3. A good knowledge of psychological research methods allows you to avoid making the mistakes that journalists politicians and many others make because they lack the necessary conceptual understanding.
    4. In most countries, in order to become a psychologist, you will be required to conduct a piece of psychological research.

    A. 1 & 2
    B. 2 & 3
    C. 1 & 4
    D. 3 & 4