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📌 The bio-psycho-social-spiritual perspective explains mental disorders through biological, psychological, social, and spiritual influences.
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Historically, disordered behavior was believed to have a spiritual cause.
The biological perspective includes instinctual influences on disordered behavior.
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📌 Completely avoiding places where spiders might be found can reinforce avoidance behavior instead of allowing the person to confront or deal with the issue, which can worsen the condition.
1. Which combination of influences is included in the bio-psycho-social-spiritual perspective on mental disorders?
2. What cause was historically associated with disordered behavior before broader modern frameworks organized its possible influences?
3. How can conditioning change a normal fear after a person encounters a black widow spider?
What was historically believed to cause disordered behavior?
A spiritual cause.
What four influences does the bio-psycho-social-spiritual perspective include?
Biological, psychological, social, and spiritual influences.
Which perspective includes instinctual influences on disordered behavior?
The biological perspective.
How can conditioning affect a normal fear of black widow spiders?
It can transform it into an overblown fear of spiders or related places.
What effect does completely avoiding places with spiders have on avoidance behavior?
It reinforces avoidance behavior and can worsen the condition.
What defines a phobia in relation to normal fear?
A phobia is an irrational fear that develops from an overblown normal fear.
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