CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesPsychologyPsychological Disorders6 Marks
Question
Explain diathesis-stress model of abnormal behaviour taking examples from daily life.
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Answer
Diathesis-stress model:
This model states that psychological disorders develop when a diathesis (biological aberration to the disorder) is set off by a stressful situation.
This model has three components.
Presence of some biological aberration.
Diathesis may carry predisposition or vulnerability to develop a psychological disorder.
Presence of pathogenic stressors i.e. factors that may lead to psychopathology.
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