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    Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality A person biological and Humanistic traits can be considered some element of an individual Individuum and assessing the personality of that individual. The sympathetic knowledge of the human mind and the human psychological makeup‚ what makes a person tick‚ have greatly improved over the years. With the need to examine to an extent how the human growth influence personality from childhood to adulthood. While biological and humanistic varies from

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    ROLE OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN LEARNING AND MEMORY – Martinez and Kesner (1991) Aim: determining the role of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine on memory Method: * Rats were trained to go through a maze and get to the end‚ where they received food * Researcher injected one group of rats with scopolamine (blocks acetylcholine receptor sites thus decreasing available acetylcholine) * Injected second group of rats with physostigmine (blocks the production of cholinesterase – cholinesterase

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    Discuss the disruption of biological rhythms 24m One example of disruption of biological rhythms is due to shift work and shift lag. This disrupts your sleeping pattern because it means you are required to be alert at night‚ so need to sleep during the day. This reverses and disrupts your circadian rhythm‚ becoming desynchronised where it is no longer entrained by EZ’s. There are many consequences of desynchronisation such as sleep deprivation. Shift workers find it hard to sleep during the day

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    upon the biological approach to criminal behaviour and sough to explain the notion of environmental and social influence on offenders. It is‚ however essential to investigate the theory of how biological analysis is effective in criminality. Also the impact on society and the minds of the offenders is worth examining. This essay will also include the development of biological theories that have been used for centuries as well as the criticisms of those theories. The debate of biological theories

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    to a greater understanding of nature and nurture and how this interaction can affect the risk of an individual developing schizophrenia. This essay intends to discuss the findings of the aforementioned research and draw on further evidence from biological psychology in relation to the nature/nurture debate. Our genome or DNA is organized into genes‚ which pass on genetic information from one generation to the next‚ activation of a particular gene results in the synthesis of a particular functional

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    are activated by particular situational incentives. Through this experiences we direct our ways and make choices based on our social needs. 14. Discuss the relationship between the need for power and interpersonal aggression. Power is having impact on others and interpersonal aggression is where you compare yourself with the social norm and have a classification. These two relate in that they both impact each other through comparing themselves with society. Through the need of power‚ we can influence

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    One psychological explanation of anorexia nervosa is the behavioural approach. This approach explains that anorexia nervosa(AN) is learnt through both classical and operant conditioning as well as social learning theory. Classical conditioning is involved with making an association with eating and anxiety. Therefore anorexics seek to lose weight/not eat to reduce their anxiety. Once this association has been made operant conditioning starts playing its part through negative and positive reinforcement

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    CENTRAL LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY Science City of Munoz‚ Nueva Ecija INTEGRATED APPROACH In Partial Fulfillment of the Course Teaching English as Second Language LL 720 By: Christian R. Faner (M.A.L.L.) Soriano‚ Ramil Jayson L (M.A. English) To: Sir. Mark Anthony G. Moyano‚ Ph. D. CENTRAL LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY SCIENCE CITY OF MUNO‚ NUEVA ECIJA INTEGRATED APPROACH PREPARED BY: MR. FANER & MR. SORIANO An Integrated Approach in teaching refers to a teaching method that allows students to

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    EFFECTS OF RADIATION Background Radiation is all around us. It is naturally present in our environment and has been since the birth of this planet. Consequently‚ life has evolved in an environment which has significant levels of ionizing radiation. It comes from outer space (cosmic)‚ the ground (terrestrial)‚ and even from within our own bodies. It is present in the air we breathe‚ the food we eat‚ the water we drink‚ and in the construction materials used to build our homes. Certain foods

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    Four Biological Molecules

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    Biomolecules - Organic compounds is first due to the fact that every word on the list is an organic compound‚ as they are essential to life processes. Next‚ carbohydrates‚ lipids‚ proteins‚ and nucleic acids are all macromolecules‚ as they are very large molecules composed of thousands of atoms or more. The map then divides into the four biomolecules. Carbohydrates are composed of monosaccharides‚ disaccharides‚ and polysaccharides. Proteins are made of amino acids‚ which are themselves made of polypeptides

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