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Psychology [1]
Chapter 2 An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology One-Dimensional vs. Multidimensional Models One-dimensional models Explain behavior in terms of a single cause Tendency to ignore information from other areas One-Dimensional vs. Multidimensional Models (continued) Multidimensional models Interdisciplinary, eclectic, and integrative ?System? of influences that cause and maintain suffering Draws upon information from several sources Abnormal behavior results from multiple influences Multidimensional Models of Abnormal Behavior Major influences Biological Behavioral Emotional Social & cultural Developmental Genetic Contributions to Psychopathology Phenotype vs. genotype Nature of genes Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) ? the double helix 23 pairs of chromosomes