Distinguish the genetic and environmental factors that can contribute to the development of PTSD.

What will be an ideal response?


Research suggests that there are individuals who are likely more susceptible to developing PTSD than others. For instance, individuals with a particular allele (Val158Met polymorphism) are more likely to develop PTSD when faced with a significant stressor. In addition, past trauma contributes to the likelihood. Individuals with smaller hippocampi may also be at greater risk.

Psychology

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Classical conditioning could account for how a child learns to

a. talk. b. play baseball. c. walk. d. love the smell of her father's aftershave.

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According to a study by Miller and Bersoff (1992), the American participants, both children and adults, considered not helping someone a moral transgression more than the Indian participants, regardless of the life-threatening nature of the situation or whether the person in need was related

a) True b) False

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A decision-making heuristic in which people make judgments about samples according to the populations they appear to represent is called the anchoring and adjustment heuristic

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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