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    Biological Psychology Amanda Serrano PSY/340 September Fourth‚ 2010 Dr. Giselle L. Gourrier Biological Psychology Psychology touches many areas of life including such areas as memory‚ stress‚ therapy‚ perception‚ learning‚ and personality‚ to name a few. Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. Because there is a vast variety of research areas to be studied the field is divided into several subfields. The field of biological psychology‚ also known as biopsychology

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    Biological Approach

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    1) Biological Approach The Biological approach studies the relationship between behavior and the brain and nervous system. Theorically all behavior can be related to changes in brain activity. Because brain is the processing centre that controls all complex behavior. One of the main assumptions of the biological approach is that all behavior is associated with changes in brain function. Therefore the psychopathology will occur due to changes in either the structure if related to changes in the

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    Explanations of forgetting Forgetting has multiple meanings in psychology‚ in general it refers to a person’s loss of the ability to recall or a thing they have already learned. This essay will examine the different explanations of forgetting – specifically trace decay‚ displacement‚ interference and/or cue dependent forgetting. Forgetting from STM is usually explained in terms of the information being removed from a limited capacity store. This is due to a lack of availability. The capacity and

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    A detailed essay plan (with pictures) for Early Biological (sheldon and lombrosso) • Nature nurture argument - Early biological theories support the nature side of the nature nurture argument because they assume that offenders have physical abnormalities were more commonly included in criminals •Lombross presents the first biological theory where he basically states that individuals that indulged in crime were more likely to show physical abnormalities when compared to others than his control

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    STRESS AND HEALTH: Psychological‚ Behavioral‚ and Biological Determinants This article from the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health is quite reputable and covers numerous aspects dealing with stress. This cite discusses the effects of stress on the human body‚ beginning with childhood and into adulthood. Additionally‚ it elaborates on the consequences of stress that may deal with smoking‚ substance abuse‚ as well as accidents‚ sleeping problems‚ and eating disorders

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    Biological Psychology Worksheet Deborah Y. Eckhardt PSY/340 November 7‚ 2011 Evi Pover Biological Psychology Worksheet Answer the following questions in short-essay format. Be prepared to discuss your answers. 1. What is biological psychology? Biological psychology; also known as biopsychology‚ behavioral neuroscience‚ or physiological biology‚ is the biological study of thoughts‚ emotions and behaviors. Biological psychology is the field of psychology that analyzes how the

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    The psychologist taking the biological approach would respond with an explanation of how the brain may be deficient in a certain area. He/she may suggest that there is a chemical imbalance in the brain causing the irrational actions displayed by the criminal. There may be any number of chemicals in the brain that could be off and affecting reactions in the nervous system all the way into the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system. Additionally‚ the psychologist may attribute genetic markers

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    Biological Psychology Kirstyn Mixa PSY/340 November 19‚ 2010 Brigitte Crowell Biological Psychology As a study‚ psychology has many branches within itself. Each thought of psychology throughout history has brought about another school of psychology. Psychology or philosophy enthusiasts and scholars alike have taken interests in not only understanding the themes of psychology but have contributed to the creation of another branch. So‚ of course‚ somewhere along the line was the dawning of

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    Outline and assess Marxist explanations of the causes of crime (50 marks) It is to a large extent that Marxism is a useful theory in explaining the causes of crime. This is because it highlights the inequalities in society and how the ruling class owns the means of production. This fails to show reasons why not everyone is facing status frustration and lower income turn to crime. One way in which Marxism is a useful theory for explaining the causes of crime is the concept of capitalism‚ criminogenic

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    Explain the principal psychological perspectives (P1) In this section‚ I will be talking about psychological perspectives that influence an individual’s personality and behaviour towards their actions and view on life. An approach is a perspective/viewpoint of someone. That revolves around certain assumptions (i.e. beliefs) about typical human behavior which involves the way they function‚ which aspects of them are worthy of study and what research approaches are suitable for carrying out this

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