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    BODY LANGUAGE: EMBODIED PERCEPTION OF EMOTION Charlotte B.A. Sinke1‚2‚ Mariska E. Kret1 & Beatrice de Gelder1‚3*‚ 1 Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory‚ Tilburg University‚ Tilburg‚ the Netherlands 2 Department of Cognitive Neuroscience‚ Maastricht University‚ Maastricht‚ the Netherlands 3 Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging‚ Massachusetts General Hospital‚ Charlestown‚ Massachusetts * Corresponding author List of abbreviations AMG = amygdala; almond-shaped

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    Historical background of counseling Historically‚ guidance & counseling emerged as a synthesis of ideas & practices derived from religion ( search for spiritual meaning/ identity; concepts like "pastoral care")‚ C19th philosophy ( concept of the "unconscious mind" - in fact‚ pre Freudian/ philosophical in origin)‚ the Arts ( self-expression through performance‚ literature‚ autobiography‚ journalism‚ poetry‚ plastic arts‚ music etc. )‚ and the needs of people to maintain & promote individualism/

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    The Biological Approach to Unipolar Depression. Katie Evans Abnormal behaviour was once thought to be caused by supernatural possession; this demonological model of abnormality was especially popular in the Middle Ages. It was not until the 18th century that psychologists began to argue that this behaviour should be treated as an illness and medical techniques could be used to treat it; and so emerged the medical model of abnormality. (Gross & McIlveen‚ 1996)1 The medical model of abnormal psychology

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    Chapter 11 Questions: Theories of Cognitive Development 1. What does it mean that we need to hybridize in terms of understanding cognitive development? Taking into consideration the growing magnitude of insights from cognitive neuroscience‚ the future of cognitive developmental hypothesizing seems likely to follow a ‘hybrid route’. Respectively‚ current theories of cognitive development need to recognize the significance of knowledge construction‚ emphasized by Piaget‚ along with the social world

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    Psychology 101—Introductory Psychology Fall Term 2013 (Section 3)   Instructors: | Courtney PlanteCrystal Tse | PAS 3240F cplante@uwaterloo.caOffice Hours: Monday‚ Tuesday: 2-4 PMPAS 3240C ctse@uwaterloo.caOffice Hours: Wednesday & Thursday 4-6 PM | Assistants: | Christie Haskell | PAS 4043; Office Hours: Friday‚ 11:30-12:30 AMe-mail: crmhaske@uwaterloo.ca | |  Lectures: Tuesdays 6:30-9:20 in DC 1351.   Required Text: Myers‚ D. (2013). Psychology: Tenth Edition in Modules. New

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    Psychology & Sociology 2010 L ES S MA N A G IN G . M OR E T E A C H IN G . GRE AT E R L E A R N IN G . What is Connect? Connect Features: McGraw-Hill Connect™ is an online assignment and assessment solution that connects your students with the tools and resources they’ll need to achieve success. McGraw-Hill Connect offers a number of powerful tools and features to make managing assignments easier‚ so you can spend more time teaching. With Connect‚ students can engage

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    Biological Criminal Behavior The studies of biological behaviors have shown that criminals with a passion for their crime tend to have a genetic or physiological issue that plays a major part in their criminal activities. Gary Ridgway and John Hinckley Jr. portrayed significant degrees of physiological issues that may have contributed to the crimes they committed. Lack of education‚ moral support‚ love‚ and self-accomplishments may have also provided behaviors out of the norm. Criminal activities

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    Outline and evaluate the biological approach to psychopathology (8 marks) The biological approach is all to do with the neuroanatomy (brain structure)‚ biochemistry (hormones) and viral infections and genes. It is a reductionist view as it does not look at childhood conflicts (psychodynamic) does not look at cognitive (mind). Genetic inheritance is one‚ this is when your genes are passed on from your parents to the child. It is normally studied on monozygotic twins‚ this is because they have the

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    Examine different sociological views on changes in the experience of childhood over the past 50 years. There have been many changes in society that have affected children over the last 50 years‚ however there are several different sociological views on whether these changes have been beneficial to children or not. Functionalist sociologists have the ‘march of progress’ view‚ as they believe that the experience of childhood has massively improved over the last 50 years. They believe that society

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    There are three main levels of analysis within psychology: biological influences‚ psychological influences and social-cultural influences. From these three levels of analysis there are 7 current perspectives used to study human behavior. This essay will define each perspective and discuss how each perspective could be used to investigate love. The Neuroscience perspective of psychology focuses on “how the body and brain enable emotions‚ memories‚ and sensory experiences” (Myers pg 11). Researches

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