While interviewing Joe,Dr.Willard discovers that Joe has a genetic predisposition for schizophrenia because his uncle and mother had schizophrenia.Dr.Willard also believes the fact that Joe was homeless for several months after being expelled from school and "disowned" by his parents triggered his schizophrenia.Dr.Willard probably follows the ____ model of psychological disorders.

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The diathesis-stress model suggests that a person may have a genetic predisposition for a disorder, but it requires a stressful event or trigger to activate the disorder. In Joe's case, his genetic predisposition for schizophrenia was triggered by the stress of being homeless and disowned by his parents. The other models (medical, sociocultural, and psychological) do not take into account the role of both genetics and stress in the development of psychological disorders.

While Interviewing Joe,Dr