biological explanations of OCD (10 marks) The biological approach as an explanation of OCD believes that the disorder is caused by a fault in our body‚ either through genes‚ hormones‚ the brain‚ or neurotransmitters‚ therefore suggesting that OCD is caused by our nature‚ rather than our upbringing. This means that since we are born with the body we have‚ if we have OCD‚ it is innate within us. One biological explanation for OCD is the genetic explanation. The genetic explanation believes that
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Biological explanations for anorexia nervosa Biological explanations for anorexia nervosa include neural explanations and evolutionary explanations. 1st BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION - Neurotransmitters -Serotonin Disturbances in the levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin appear to be a characteristic of individuals with eating disorders. Kaye 2005 found a reduction in the levels of the serotonin metabolite 5-HIAA in people with eating disorders. This suggests that brain serotonin pathways are underactive
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I CANNOT TELL A LIE Indian Father lines up his three sons. "One of you pushed outhouse over cliff‚ two nights ago. Which of you did it?" "Not me" "not me!" "Not me!!!" "Come on‚ I promise not to punish you. Who did it?" "Not me!" "Not me!" "Not me!" "Let me tell you story of great American hero‚ George Washington. When he was a boy‚ he chopped down a cherry tree. His father came to him and asked‚ ’George‚ did you chop down that cherry tree?’ ’I cannot tell a lie‚ father‚ I chopped
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is ale to wield magic and cast spells because during the battle he protects himself from iron blades. Grendel’s nature and his motivations for his evil deeds are crucial to understanding the character as a whole. I think there are two forces at work in causing Grendel to commit these acts of violence. The first is loneliness and resentment for being exiled to the swamplands. This is further
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fit into all scientific explanations. For instance‚ it is said that explanation is an asymmetric relation because x can explain y‚ but given the same laws and evidences‚ y may not explain x. Hempel’s law does not respect this asymmetry as it implies that explanation should be a symmetric relation. I find it more difficult to come to a concrete conclusion concerning this model; I agree with the three elements that should be utilized to form a sound argument or explanation‚ but I also see the issue
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Discuss explanations of gender dysphoria (8+16) One psychological explanation is that gender dysphoria is caused by childhood trauma or a maladaptive upbringing.The psychodynamic approach believes that gender dysphoria is a mental disorder. Coates studied one boy who developed gender dysphoria and suggested that this may have been a defensive reaction to his mother’s depression following an abortion. Gender dysphoria is confusion and sufferers experience a strong sense of discomfort whilst feeling
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Outline and evaluate the biological explanation of depression. Biological explanation of depression can be explained by neurotransmitter dysfunction. Neurotransmitters such as noradrenalin and serotonin have been shown to be linked with depression. Bunney at al (1965) found that there was low levels of noradrenaline function in the brain of depressed individuals. Also‚ post mortem studies found increased noradrenaline receptors in the brains of depressed suicide victims. When there is low noradrenaline
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Outline and evaluate biological explanations for aggression (24) The biological explanation for aggression states that aggression is innate behavior in people and the environment around them does not cause it. Neurotransmitters in the brain‚ chemicals that allow impulses to be transmitted from one area to another‚ can be used to explain why some people are aggressive. There is evidence to suggest that the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine are linked to aggression‚ low levels of serotonin
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in our state’s failed death penalty experiment‚ with no one executed. Conclusion 1: The death penalty is too costly. Premise 2: The strongest reason remains the epidemic of exonerations of death row inmates upon post-conviction investigation‚ including ten New York inmates freed in the last 18 months from long sentences being served for murders or rapes they did not commit. Conclusion 2: In addition to being too costly‚ capital punishment is unfair in its application. 13) Premise: Without forests
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Outline and evaluate psychological explanations of schizophrenia (24 marks) Brown and Birley studied stressful life events in the role of relapse in schizophrenics. They found that 50% of people experience a stressful life event e.g. death‚ relationship break-up‚ job loss etc. in the 3 weeks prior to a schizophrenic episode. A control sample reported a low and unchanging level of stressful life events over the same period. However not all evidence supports the role of life events. For example‚
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