Chapter 3 Flashcards
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A factor that co-varies with, or is associated with, some outcome of interest (eg. height and weight)
Correlate
A correlate that occurs before some outcome of interest (eg. depression is a risk factor for suicide)
Risk factor
A risk factor that can change within a person (eg. level of depression can vary within a person.)
Factor
A risk factor that cannot change within a person (eg. race cannot vary within a person, and white race is a market of increased risk of suicide death).
Fixed marker
A variable risk factor that, when changed, doesn’t influence the outcome of interest (ie. it can vary, but it is still a marker of increased risk for the outcome of interest.)
Variable marker
A variable risk factor that, when changed, changes the likelihood of the outcome of interest (eg. if effectively treating depression decreased the risk of suicide, we would call it a causal risk factor.)
Causal risk factor.
A condition that must exist for a disorder to occur. (Eg. General paresis - cannot develop unless a person has previously contracted syphilis.)
Necesssary cause.
A condition that guarantees the occurrence of a disorder. (If X occurs, then Y will also occur.)
Sufficient cause.
A condition that increases the probability of developing a disorder but that is neither necessary nor sufficient for it to occur. (If X occurs, then the probability of Y occurring increases.)
Contributory cause.
Factors occuring relatively early in life that may not show their effects for many years.
Distal risk factors.
Risk factors that operate shortly before the occurrence of the symptoms of a disorder.
Proximal risk factors.
A condition that tends to maintain maladaptive behavior that is already occurring. (Eg. Extra attention, sympathy, and relief from unwanted responsibility that may come when a person is ill, these pleasant experiences may unintentionally discourage recovery.)
Reinforcing contributory cause.
When more than one causal factor is involved that lead to a condition. (Eg. Conditions A,B,C lead to condition Y.)
Causal pattern
View of abnormal behavior as the result of stress operating on an individual who has a biological, psychosocial, or socicultural predisposition to developing a specific disorder.
Diathesis-Stress model.
Predisposition or vulnerability to developing a given disorder.
Diathesis.
Effects created within on organism by the application of a stressor.
Stress.
When the diathesis and stress simply add up, or sum together.
Additive model.
Model of when some amount of diathesis must be present before stress will have any effect.
Interactive model.
Influences that modify a person’s response to an environmental stressor, making it less likelt that the person will experience the adverse effects of the stressor.
Protective factors.
Effect of when some stressors paradoxically promote coping.
“steeling” or “inoculation”
The ability to adapt successfully to even very difficult circumstances.
Resilience.
Field of psychology that focuses on determining what is abnormal at any point in the developmental process by comparing and contrasting it with normal and expected changes that occur.
Developmental psychopathology.
A _____________ cause is one that must exist in order for a disorder to occur.
Ncessary.
The ability to adapt successfully to even very difficult circumstances is called _______________.
Resilience.