Developmental psychopathology argues that problems of adjustment are the result of:
a. genetic and environmental influences acting on each other.
b. genetically determined final outcomes.
c. environmentally determined final outcomes.
d. the lack of evidence for genetic influences on outcomes
Ans: a
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