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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of his parent’s eight children. Freud founded psychoanalysis‚ the method of treatment to treat mental and nervous disorders‚ which is not the same as psychodynamic counselling today. Freud studied medicine at the university of Vienna‚ where he was influenced by one of his teachers Ernst Brucke‚ Ernst Brucke believed in the mechanistic approach seeing a person as a machine‚ determined by physical or chemical causes. Freud moved into neurophysiology (the nervous system and how it functions)‚ where
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In this paper I’m going to be writing about the cognitive psychology that takes place in the movie “Inside Out”. In this movie pre-teen Riley is forced to move from the life she knew in the Midwest; to San Francisco and it’s not an easy transition. Like us all‚ Riley is guided by her emotions. In the movie these emotions are Joy‚ Fear‚ Anger‚ Disgust‚ and Sadness. These emotions live inside of Riley’s brain which (in the movie) is referred to as the “Headquarters”. Joy‚ who is Riley’s most important
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Historically psychology was not considered a science however Karl Popper thought otherwise and believed that it should become more like a science so that theories could be tested and proved right or wrong to make it more valid. One advantage of using the scientific method in psychology is that it can be falsified. This means that it can be proven wrong. The aim of the scientific method is to test a hypothesis by falsifying it i.e. rejecting the null hypothesis. This is an advantage because it is
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Perspectives In the case of Damon‚ I choice the Biological‚ Psychodynamic and Sociocultural Approach to try and explain his behavior. I will describe these approaches and relate them to Damon’s case. I will start with psychodynamic approach. The psychodynamic approach tries to understand what is going on inside of someone. They try to see what is going on in the unconscious part of that persons mind. It looks at a person’s childhood experiences and how it significantly affects emotions and behavior
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Chapter 2- Darwin was the first to suggest how evolutionoccurs. Humans belong to the primate family known as hominins. Characteristics that evolved to perform one function but were co-opted to perform another function are called exaptations. Each group of three consecutive nucleotide bases along the strand of messenger RNA is called a codon‚ which instructs the ribosome to add amino acids to the protein being constructed. Subsequent to the nature-nuture issue‚ a second line of thought surrounding
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Therapeutic Psychology PYC 4809 Assignment 2 208315 Section A Question 1: Reality Therapy. Introduction. William Glasser(1925) has developed this approach as he believed that looking into your past and dwelling on the past is not beneficial for the therapeutic environment. He believed that one should look at the present reality in order to achieve happiness or be content in life. He was also convinced that one should take responsibility for one’s actions
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Compare and Contrast - Cognitive Theorists Leroy Ahner Grantham University Compare and Contrast - Cognitive Theorists Jean Piaget way of thinking for the cognitive development is base on maturational of the brain which allows the development of problem solving. Piaget believed that the brain cognitive ability develops in an orderly sequence. He put this into three stages the sensorimotor stage‚ the preoperational stage and the concrete operational stage. Sensorimotor stage deals with reflexes and
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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 protein
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Compare and contrast social learning theory‚ cognitive development theory‚ and‚ feminist approaches to gender-role learning. The social learning theory approaches gender-role learning as a mirrored image.The Social learning theory emphasizes the importance of observing and modeling the behaviors‚ attitudes‚ and emotional reactions of others. Cognitive development theory proposes that individuals learn gender by interacting with others and interpreting the behavior of others. Feminists disagree
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