Question

John has inherited a personality trait that makes him more likely to keep to himself than to socialize. as a result, he does not have many friends and spends a lot of time alone. if john were to develop depression, the model that would probably best explain this situation and the cause of his depression is the ________ model

Answer 1

The answer is reciprocal gene-environment.

The reciprocal gene-environment model claims that people with a genetic predisposition to a disorder may also have a genetic tendency to create environmental risk factors that promote the disorder.