an interactionist approach A01

Question 1

define interactionist approach

Answer 1

a result of an interaction between environmental and biological influences

Question 2

what is the model for the interactionist approach called?

Answer 2

diathesis stress model

Question 3

what is the stress?

Answer 3

the environmental influences

Question 4

what is the diathesis?

Answer 4

the biological influences

Question 5

what could indicate that environmental factors play a role in determining whether a biological vulnerability for sz actually develops into the disorder?

Answer 5

the discordance among identical twins

Question 6

explain how the environmental factors( stress) can lead to sz

Answer 6

stressful life events can trigger schizophrenia such as trauma and living in urbanised areas.

Question 7

what did Varese find?

Answer 7

found that children who experience trauma before age of 16, are three times more likely to develop sz in later life compared to others.

Question 8

who showed that high level of urbanisation is associated with developing sz?

Answer 8

Vassos et al

Question 9

what did Vassos et al do?

Answer 9

he conducted a meta analysis and found that the risk for sz in the most urban environments was estimated to be 2.37 times higher than in the most rural environments

Question 10

the relationship between urban stress and sz is conditional of what?

Answer 10

a pre-existing genetic risk or biological vulnerability