PSYC 385 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Controllability, Psychogenic Amnesia, Stressor
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Diathesis: predisposing factor: stress: response of individual to taxing demands, diathesis stress model: combination of diathesis and stress to cause disorder. Etiology: causal pattern of abnormal behavior: necessary cause: must exist for a disorder to occur, sufficient cause: if condition is satisfied, it guarantees the occurrence of a disorder, contributory cause: increases the probability of developing a disorder. Necessary: must exist for disorder to occur, ex. H1n1 influena (swine flu: if yo0u are diagnosed with h1n1 flu, then you must have been exposed to h1n1 virus, most psychological disorder do not have necessary causes, (as far as we know right now) Sufficient: guarantees occurrence of a disorder, ex. Starvation: guarantees death but not necessary, unknown for most psychological disorder, example high level of hopelessness, but not necessary i. e. if yo0u are diagnosed with depression, must you have been hopeless, no.
