Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Psychological Disorders

Question:

There are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the options given below.

Assertion: In recent years, there has been a divergence of three approaches viz. biological or organic approach, psychological approach and organismic approach for understanding abnormal behaviour.
Reasoning: All three factors, i.e. biological, psychological and social play important roles in influencing the expression and outcome of psychological disorders. 

Options:

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Correct Answer:

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:

In recent years, there has been a convergence of three approaches for understanding abnormal behaviour viz. biological or organic approach, psychological approach and organismic approach, which has resulted in an interactional, or biopsycho-social approach. From this perspective, all three factors, i.e. biological, psychological and social play important roles in influencing the expression and outcome of psychological disorders.