A psychologist is lecturing about the biopsychosocial model of the development of abnormal behavior. What are the implications of this model?
a) All forms of abnormal behavior are inherited.
b) Environmental factors are the most significant causes of most forms of abnormal behavior.
c) We have underestimated the influence of internal factors in causing abnormal behavior.
d) Inheriting a predisposition does not necessarily cause a disorder in the absence of environmental factors.
D
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