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Psychology 1004 Exam 2 Virginia Tech Latest Updates 2024/2025
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Psychology 1004 Exam 2 Virginia TechLatest Updates 2024/2025
nature and nurture is a... ANS✔✔ false dichotomy (behaviors and
personalities are always a product of both)
Richard Mulcaster ANS✔✔ (1582) Nature and Nurture work together to
impact child development
Nature ANS✔✔ biological endowment (genetic inheritance)
Nurture ANS✔✔ environmental conditions in which an individual develops
Francis Galton ANS✔✔ (1800s) claimed nature predominated over nurture in
explaining differences in intellectual abilities
multiple casual factors ANS✔✔ almost all psychological problems/disorders
are caused by some combination of biological and environmental factors
alcoholism ANS✔✔ overuse and need for alcohol, also use in inappropriate
contexts
risk factors of alcoholism ANS✔✔ -peer group use
-age
-gender
-education
, -beliefs regarding alcohol
-family use
-genetic predisposition
genetic predisposition ANS✔✔ an inherited tendency to be susceptible to
some problem (increased likelihood or vulnerability) (a gene associated with
the NT GABA is likely involved)
hoe many alcoholics are predisposed to the addiction? ANS✔✔ 50-60%
some alcoholics... ANS✔✔ metabolize alcohol differently (due to genetic
makeup)
depression ANS✔✔ extreme andf persistent sadness, despair, and loss of
interest in activities (+ bad sleep, appetite, self-esteem)
how many people suffer from depression at some point in their lives ANS✔✔
about 20% of women, 10% of men
major depressive disorder ANS✔✔ clinical depression; acute sadness and loss
of interest, difficulty facing daily life, debilitating, relatively short-lived
dysthymic disorder ANS✔✔ not as severe as major depression, longer-lasting
("chronic the blues")
how many people with depression have some family history? ANS✔✔ about
50%
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