Outline and evaluate biological explanations of obesity Various explanations can be provided for the reasons of obesity‚ from biological explanations‚ to neurological and evolutionary theories. Even socio-economic reasons could give insight into why some people have a higher likeliness of obesity Evolutionarily‚ the thrifty gene hypothesis provides insight as to why many suffer from obesity‚ as it suggests that our current genes are no longer suited to our new environment. Modern day society is
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Is health a biological or social issue? Changes in society‚ of how people live‚ have ultimately led to a ‘medical model’ of health. Trends of human evolution have led to urbanisation and industrialisation. Beginning over 12000 years ago (Halliday & Davey 2010) when ancestral humans began settlements and left their nomadic lifestyles behind reaching a climax sometime during 2006-2007 when for the first time in human history more people were living in cities and urban environments than in the
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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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Humanistic psychology is best understood as a reaction to two other early psychological approaches. The first‚ psychodynamic‚ was developed by Sigmund Freud as a way of investigating and understanding the human mind (1). Sigmund Freud was the first to suggest that much of our behaviour was perhaps influenced by unconscious desires‚ which he theorised during his work as a neurological consultant at a children ’s hospital in Vienna (2). Freud attempted to demonstrate how these unconscious thoughts
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of them are worthy of study and what research approaches are suitable for carrying out this study. There may be several different theories within an approach‚ but they all share these common assumptions. This includes the: * Social learning * Biological * Behavior * Cognitive * Psychodynamic * Humanistic Social learning theory This theory is a perspective that states that people learn within a social context. It is facilitated through concepts such as modeling and observational
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is according to Personality theorists. Personality can be defined as an individuals unique‚ relatively consistent pattern of thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviors. I. The Psychobiological approach (the perspective that personality is determined by biological factors). temperament -- a person’s characteristic emotional state‚ first apparent in early infancy and possibly inborn. A. Hippocrates’ view -- According to Hippocrates‚ temperament is determined by a person’s level of 4 different body fluids
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Personality Theories Psychodynamic theorists And Humanistic theories Table of Contents Freud Jung Adler Rogers Maslow Humanistic strengths and weakness Psychodynamic strengths and weakness Some similarities of both Web Resources Freud Biography Biography Sigmund Freud was born May 6‚ 1856‚ in a small town -- Freiberg -- in Moravia. His father was a wool merchant with a keen mind and a good sense of humor. His mother was a lively woman‚ her husband’s second wife and 20 years
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The biological approach can be useful to explain why Afina sometimes damages the school property by behaving in a deviant and antisocial manner. This approach assumes that there is a genetic predisposition which accounts for aggression and there is supporting evidence for this from research studying twins. For example‚ McGuffin and Gottesman (1985) found that 87% of identical twins shared aggression levels compared to only 60% of non-identical twins‚ supporting the basis of genes in the influence
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(2001) looked at whether attitudes are genetically influenced by evaluating earlier studies and also carried out research on identical and fraternal twins. While traditional psychological theory claimed that attitudes are learned and mostly influenced by environment‚ Olson et al. and colleagues argued that biological and genetic factors also influence attitudes. They assumed that genes perhaps influence natural inclinations‚ then environmental factors will develop different traits and attitudes.
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Running head: What it Takes to be a Biological Criminal What it Takes to be a Biological Criminal Criminal behaviors range widely in their seriousness and their affect the public. The bulk of criminal behavior consists of mostly mundane acts such as burglary‚ robbery and assaults. On the other hand there are a few individuals that kill people and then mutilate their victims bodies. Much of the public can easily believe that there is something wrong psychologically
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