Describe and evaluate the socio-cultural model of mental disorders
What will be an ideal response?
Student responses should include
- a sociocultural perspective focuses on how other people, social institutions, and social forces influence a person's mental health
- a strength of the sociocultural perspective is its focus on social and environmental factors and family on mental health
- a limitation of the sociocultural perspective is the lack of evidence that adverse environments cause mental disorders
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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a. Moro reflex. b. rooting reflex. c. orientation response. d. Babinski response.
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A. animism. B. centration. C. seriation. D. transitional thinking.