Essentials of Abnormal Psychology, chapter 2

Essentials of Abnormal Psychology, chapter 2 multidimensional integrative approach - correct answersApproach to the study of psychopathology that holds psychological disorders are always the products of multiple interacting causal factors. genes - correct answersLong deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule, the basic physical unit of heredity that appears as a location on a chromosome. diathesis-stress model - correct answersHypothesis that both an inherited tendency (a vulnerability) and specific stressful conditions are required to produce a disorder. vulnerability - correct answersSusceptibility or tendency to develop a disorder. gene-environment correlation model - correct answersModel that posits one's genetic make-up may increase the probability that an individual will experience certain events (such as stressful relationships) that trigger genetic vulnerabilities to disorders epigenetics - correct answersThe study of factors other than inherited DNA sequence, such as new learning or stress, that alter the phenotypic expression of genes. neuroscience - correct answersStudy of the nervous system and its role in behavior, thoughts, and emotions. neuron - correct answersIndividual nerve cell responsible for transmitting information. synaptic cleft - correct answersSpace between nerve cells where chemical transmitters act to move impulses from one neuron to the nex