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    Biological Psychology

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    University of Phoenix Material Biological Psychology Worksheet Answer the following questions in short-essay format. Be prepared to discuss your answers. 1. What is biological psychology? Biological psychology is the study of the effects of brain function-neurotransmitters‚ etc.-on cognitive processes and behavior. If there are abnormalities in the brain‚ thoughts‚ behavior‚ learning‚ memory‚ and other mental and emotional functions are effected. A small chemical imbalance

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    Biological Productivitiy

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    Week 7 Essay Define "biological productivity.” When a scientist says productivity is a rate‚ what does she or he mean? List several factors that influence productivity in various ocean environments (the surf zone‚ mid-ocean and the deep abyss). According to encyclopedia2 the definition of biological productivity is “The productivity of organisms and ecosystems‚ as defined by primary‚ secondary‚ and community productivities. So when a scientist says productivity is a rate‚ he or she is referring

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    However‚ the mind and soul work in unison in the brain‚ through the pineal gland to create human behavior. The mind was considered to develop and use innate ideas and derived ideas. Essentially‚ Descartes came to the conclusion that the mind has influence on the body‚ but the body has a greater impact on the mind. Theory of innate ideas suggested that thought does not depend on external factors instead it is the consciousness of a person that develops the

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    Memory

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    Memory is our ability to encode‚ store‚ retain‚ and subsequently recall information and experiences in the human brain. Unlike a computer memory‚ humans have a cognitive memory system that selectively takes information from the senses and converts it into meaningful patterns that we store and access later as needed. These memory patterns‚ then‚ form the raw material for thought and behavior‚ which in turn enables you to recognize a friend’s face‚ ride a bicycle‚ recollect a trip six flags‚ and

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    Memory

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    MemoryMemory’ labels a diverse set of cognitive capacities by which we retain information and reconstruct past experiences‚ usually for present purposes. Memory is one of the most important ways by which our histories animate our current actions and experiences. Most notably‚ the human ability to conjure up long-gone but specific episodes of our lives is both familiar and puzzling‚ and is a key aspect of personal identity. Memory seems to be a source of knowledge. We remember experiences and

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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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    Memory Writing Memory

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    Thuy Truong 02/21/13 Reading and Writing Memory Curves‚ strokes‚ dots‚ and lines all twisting and turning around each other like some sort of messed up balloon animals. To me‚ these symbols are as complex as Chinese letters are to the snobs that spits out this language. “English”‚ they call it. “Why can you speak English?’ they ask. But from the day I stepped into that class‚ the one they call kindergarten‚ I knew it‚ “English” would be the beginning of a lifelong migraine. Vietnamese; that

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    Memory

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    Outline of Memory MEMORY The ability to retain information over time –Active system that receives‚ stores‚ organizes‚ alters‚ and recovers (retrieves) MEMORY The ability to retain information over time –Active system that receives‚ stores‚ organizes‚ alters‚ and recovers (retrieves) THREE STAGES/TYPES OF MEMORY •SENSORY •SHORT TERM (WORKING) •LONG TERM THREE PROCESSES •ENCODING •STORING •RETRIEVING Stages of Memory •SENSORY (IN RAW FORM) –The first stage of memory –Stores an exact copy of incoming

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    Memory

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    False memories have been defined as "either remembering events that never happened‚ or remembering them quite differently from the way they happened (Park‚ 2012). This topic opens many doors for research and raises questions about the reliability and susceptibility of people’s memory. Memory is the mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experiences. A repressed memory is one that is retained in the subconscious mind‚ where one is not aware of it but where it can still affect both conscious

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    Memory

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    life becomes a memory I mean everything the way a flower smells ‚the way grandmas spaghetti sauce taste ‚the color of a flower literally every interaction we have becomes a memory things that happen to us‚ how velvet feels on our skin .The creating of memorys happens in stages . The first stage is called Sensory Memory in this stage your mind will hold what u seen heard touched or etc exactly how you perceived it but it does not become a forever memory in this stage the memory will last only

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