Question

When 7-year-old Debbie's mother was pregnant with Debbie, she had serious marital and financial problems. This may have led to a flood of stress hormones that affected Debbie while she was in the womb. After she was born, her mother developed an alcohol addiction and married an abusive man. Debbie has all of the symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, but her physician is cautious about giving this diagnosis because of the _____ related to the cause and diagnosis.

Answer 1

The correct answer is: Multifinality.

Step-by-step explanation:

Multifinality is a concept that can be explained and understood as a term that describes a process that had a particular start state, and from that state, it traduces and leads to different pathways that in turn lead to different outcomes.

It is a concept contrary to Equifinality which means exactly the opposite: Multiple and different initial pathways that lead to a single outcome.

In Debbies case, the multifinality starts at the following start state: "This may have led to a flood of stress hormones that affected Debbie while she was in the womb".

In this particular case the physician is cautious about giving the diagnosis because of the multifinality related to the cause and diagnosis.

Answer 2

Multifinality.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is explained as a certain form of condition where same cause or effects tends to give different outcomes.

This refers to people having similar histories example could also be of a child's sexual abuse, death of a parent, or a secure attachment history; yet their developmental outcomes can vary widely. For example, two children who were sexually abused could have very different outcomes despite extremely similar early experiences. One child might be well adjusted yet another child might develop clinical depression.