Skin Disorder: Vitiligo Vitiligo is a skin condition whose exact cause is unknown. In vitiligo‚ patches of skin lose their pigmentation when the pigment producing cells‚ the ’melanocytes’ are attacked and destroyed. It may affect the skin‚ mucous membranes‚ eyes‚ inner ear or hairs leaving white patches. The usual type of vitiligo is called ’Vitiligo Vulgaris’ (means: common vitiligo). Variant types include linear‚ segmental‚ trichrome and inflammatory vitiligo. This disease affects an estimated
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BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS Heredity Heredity refers to the process of transmitting genetic characteristics from parents to offspring. Physical traits and even physical defects are known to be hereditary. Also‚ some mental traits and mental defects are known to be hereditary. (http://www.slideshare.net/GenPsyche/biological-bases) Nature and Nurture Both nature and nurture affects all aspects of human behaviour. “Nature refers to all the evolutionary factors that have shaped the genetics that we have
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Biological Psychology Jessica Parks APA Format PSY/340 This paper will outline the major point of biological psychology. The paper will give an overview of the actual definition of biological psychology and the history of how it came to be. There will be an illustration of the main theorist that attributed to the ideas of biological psychology. As well as commentary on how biological psychology is used today and it’s function in our current society. Biological psychology can
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Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder‚ also known as manic–depressive disorder‚ is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels‚ cognition‚ and mood. These moods are clinically referred to as mania or‚ if milder‚ hypomania. Individuals who experience manic episodes also commonly experience depressive episodes or symptoms‚ or mixed episodes in which features of both mania and depression are present
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QUIZ NO. 2 : RESPIRATORY DISORDERS DIRECTION: Select the best answer by encircling the corresponding letter. 1. The patient is recovering from a left partial lobectomy. Which of the following nursing actions is most likely to result in the positive re-expansion of the affected left lung? a. Positioning the patient in a right side-lying position b. Encouraging the patient to deep breathe and coughing every hour c. Regularly assessing the patient’s ability to inhale and exhale comfortably d.
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How is Music Therapy used with elderly people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of Dementia? Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia in the United Kingdom‚ affecting approximately 417‚000 people. First described by German neurologist Alois Alzheimer‚ Alzheimer’s ‘can be considered as being the most important of the degenerative diseases because of its frequent occurrence and devastating consequences.’ The disease is a progressive one which means that once patients have the
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Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality A person biological and Humanistic traits can be considered some element of an individual Individuum and assessing the personality of that individual. The sympathetic knowledge of the human mind and the human psychological makeup‚ what makes a person tick‚ have greatly improved over the years. With the need to examine to an extent how the human growth influence personality from childhood to adulthood. While biological and humanistic varies from
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the major schools of thought in psychology‚ which are “the psychodynamic‚ behaviorist‚ cognitive‚ and evolutionary perspectives” (Kowalski & Westen‚ 2009‚ p. 12) and examine their major underlying assumptions. Additionally‚ to identify the primary biological foundations of psychology linked to behavior. Psychodynamic The Psychodynamic perspective was developed by Sigmund Freud and is based upon three major points. “First‚ people’s actions are determined by the way thoughts‚ feelings‚ and wishes
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drug. There are a lot of possible explanations to where addictions come from and their effects on a patient. Addictions were once considered to be a disease but there’s more to it than that. Two explanations in particular that can show how drugs are associated with addictions fairly well are the psychological and the biological models. The model of addiction that is introduced as an explanation to the origins of an addiction is the Psychological model of addictions. According to (Capuzzi‚ page
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The Discovery of Biological Taxonomy Taxonomy is the scientific classification of living organisms. It is known that two main naturalists were responsible for discovering and founding this classification method‚ John Ray and Carl Linnaeus. Biological Taxonomy has a hierarchy of seven main ranks; Kingdom‚ Phylum (Division if it is Botany)‚ Class‚ Order‚ Family‚ Genus and Species. These classify every living thing from Animals to Bacteria. Some of the classification system is written English
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