Summarize the research data on genetic contributions to the development of depressive disorders in children and adolescents

What will be an ideal response?


• Moderately inherited; possibly higher heritability in boys
• Genetic impact increases as children age
• Gene-by-environment interaction
• Having a depressed parent is a strong predictor of depression in children; influence may be both genetic and environmental

Psychology

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a. True b. False

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Classically conditioning animals by using one electrode to generate neural firing patterns that would occur during the sensation of a sound and pairing that with stimulation from a second electrode that provokes a reflexive motor response is known as what kind of training?

classical transcranial magnetic stimulation virtual reality operant

Psychology

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A. require concealed participation. B. require researchers to devise coding systems. C. are forms of laboratory experiments. D. depend on qualitative data.

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