PSY 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Risky Sexual Behavior, Cerebral Palsy, Monoamine Oxidase A

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 220
• Professor: Stacey Scott

Document Summary

Published in a scientific journal which uses per review to evaluate merits. Other experts critique and decide whether article is accurate and worth publishing. Description: research on genes and environments (experiences)that put individuals at risk for maladaptive outcomes. Explanation: mechanisms for why some people, in spite of these risks, turn out well. Genetically regulated biological processes may interact with the environment and affect behavior. Physical: blindness, cerebral palsy, death, brain development (hyperarousal) Psychological: depression, anxiety, ptsd, eating disorder, suicide, conduct disorder, learning and memory difficulties. Behavioral: substance abuse, risky sexual behavior, delinquency teenage pregnancy, low academic achievement, difficulty developing healthy intimate relationships as adults. The effect of one iv on the dv depends on another iv. The effect of maltreatment (ic) on psychopathology and competence (dc) depends on genes. 5-htt and maoa (ivs) serve as moderators of environmental risk (ic) for psychopathologic and competence (dv) Antisocial behavior in adolescence and adulthood (y), childhood maltreatment (x)