sociocultural factors influence abnormal behavior? • Biological • Genetic predisposition (e.g. depression‚ schizophrenia‚ anorexia nervosa) • Imbalance of neurotransmitters (anorexia nervosa and depression – serotonin‚ schizophrenia – depression • Hormones (anorexia nervosa: cortisol‚ orexin) • Cognitive • Cognitive theorists believe that abnormality is caused by unrealistic‚ distorted or irrational understanding‚ perceptions and thoughts about oneself‚ others or the environment. Abnormal behavior is also caused
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approach developed by Professor William R. Miller‚ Ph.D and Professor Stephen Rollnick‚ Ph.D Miller is a professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico and received his Ph.D in clinical psychology from the University of Oregon in 1976. Stephan Rollnick completed his Masters in research in Strathclyde University in Glasgow and his professional clinical psychology training in Cardiff‚ Wales. Motivational interviewing was first thought of by Miller in 1983 in his article Behavioural
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1. he Real Beauty campaign was widely praised because it showed that women in modeling and magazines do not always look how they are perceived on paper or the screen. This benefited Dove because they made women realized that they are beautiful just the way they are. It showed that the models are fake since they use so much photo shop to get them to look a certain way. 2. Dove learned from their research that not all women think they are beautiful. With this knowledge‚ they could great the Real Beauty
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Issue 12: Is ADHD a Real Disorder? Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or commonly ADHD‚ is a supposed disorder in which a person has trouble controlling their behavior or paying attention. The condition usually becomes apparent in early school years. It is approximated that about 3 to 5 percent of children have this disorder. That is about 2 million children in the United States alone and in each classroom it is very likely that at least one child will suffer from ADHD. Many argue that
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Background This case study revolves around John. He is a capable 11 year old pupil who is an above average ability boy. However‚ he almost did not make it into the standard stream in his school. His results were badly affected due to his frequent inattention in class as well as his incomplete homework. He is enrolled in an elite primary school that has the GEP program. Based on the class grades‚ he is the weakest pupil in the last standard class. John is greatly unmotivated and shows no interest
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Case Study Example | Max - From the book: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak used by permission of the author‚ Maire Kennedy | Abstract This paper explores a psychological case study on the character of Max from the film Where the Wild Things Are. By using various sources‚ it is asserted that Max may have suffered from a Brief Psychotic Break. This paper examines common diagnoses for children (ADHD‚ early acute schizophrenia)‚ as well as treatment options. It will discuss
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Chapter 10: Thinking HW #59: Due Date Rd: Pg. 395-Pg.401 1. Describe a life without concepts? 2. Provide an example of a category hierarchy 3. Describe the experiment concerning memory shifts conducted by Olivier Corneille 4. Why is heuristics a better strategy then step-by-step algorithm in finding another word in SPLOYOCHYG? 5. How did psychologists Mark-Jung-Beeman‚ John Kounios‚ and Edward Bowden identify brain associations with flashes of insight? 6. How is insight critical in understanding
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Should ADHD be Medicated? Erik Bailey December 8‚ 2014 Ever since the discovery of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) there has been an ongoing debate on whether or not to treat patients with the disorder. Some studies show that medicine is harmful‚ and some say it is neither beneficial nor harmful. A majority of research suggests that medication may not be the way. What is Attention Deficit Disorder? ADHD is a common mental disorder. It is estimated that 5% of children
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whether the child is developing an abnormal personality. ADHD often has three common causes. The first cause is genetics. Genetics can alter a child’s possibility of obtaining ADHD from a parent or possibly both parents. The second cause is from the environment. The more children are exposed to certain things‚ the more likely they are to develop ADHD. The third cause is development. If the child’s nervous system does not develop correctly‚ they could develop ADHD. In my classroom‚ I have one child
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In my opinion I do believe that there are so many factors that influence the use of different drugs. Social‚ family and intimacy factors can be the reason they start to use the drug of choice. Drugs affect people differently and I truly believe that people do not start out using drugs any type of drug to become addicted to it. I firmly believe that when a person starts out using any type of drug they believe or do not even think about the addiction factor. I believe that the addiction is a result
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