PSYC 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Genetic Predisposition, Sensation Seeking, Heritability
13 Mar 2018
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From his father, johnny inherits a strong predisposition towards impulsivity and sensation seeking. When he first learns about marijuana at age 12, he can"t wait to try it, and seeks out new friends who can help him get it. Johnny learns about other substances, and after a few years he has developed a significant poly-substance abuse problem. Wasn"t just sitting there with a predisposition and someone forced marijuana on him. Genetic predisposition leads a shaping of the environment and he chose to seek it out. The dsm uses a ______________ approach to classification that has excellent. ______________ but often at the cost of good ________________. Prototype there are some essential characteristics that must be met, and also lots of other things that can vary and not be met. Don"t have to have the same combinations of essential characteristics. Bad validity answer may be repeated, but may not be the right answer.
