Motivation and Eating Healthy Psychologists describe motivation or goals as cognitive representations of a desirable outcome that move a person into action. Dieting‚ eating healthy‚ exercising‚ and achieving good looks and health are all related to the goal of weight-control. A person who is motivated by food is also motivated to by other related goals‚ such as eating at a restaurant‚ opening the refrigerator‚ and opening a bag of chips. In order to maintain a healthy weight‚ people will set
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Outline and evaluate the biological explanation of depression. Biological explanation of depression can be explained by neurotransmitter dysfunction. Neurotransmitters such as noradrenalin and serotonin have been shown to be linked with depression. Bunney at al (1965) found that there was low levels of noradrenaline function in the brain of depressed individuals. Also‚ post mortem studies found increased noradrenaline receptors in the brains of depressed suicide victims. When there is low noradrenaline
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Abstract Phenytoin is generally an antiepileptic drug that is used to treat seizures and epilepsy. The influence of types of container (glass and plastic)‚ amber or non-amber‚ and storage temperatures (4‚ 25 and 40°C) on the stability of 12 extemporaneously prepared Phenytoin oral suspension was evaluated. The concentration of Phenytoin oral suspension was evaluated using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)‚ in which the retention time of Phenytoin was detected at 6.3 minutes. Phenytoin
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a ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO What is alcohol? Alcohol is the most commonly used drug. If you make careless decisions regarding alcohol‚ you may be faced with serious consequences – including possible jail time‚ suspension of your driver’s license‚ injury‚ or even death effects Alcohol is a drug that is absorbed into the bloodstream from the stomach and small intestine. It is broken down by the liver and then eliminated from the body. There are limits to how fast the liver can break
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1.2: Using one or more examples‚ explain effects of neurotransmission on human behavior: Our nervous systems consist of between 10 to 100 billion neurons; each of which making 13 trillion connections with each other through electrochemical messages that allow people to respond to stimuli‚ from the environment or from internal changes in a person’s body. The neurons send these electrochemical messages through neurotransmission. Electrical impulses traveling down the axon (body) of a neuron‚ instigates
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Why do you think Bill’s schizophrenia was not recognized immediately? I believe Bill’s schizophrenia was not recognized immediately because he had comorbid disorder. Bill was also exhibiting a learning disability‚ and depression. It may also have not been recognized because the onset was difficult to detect. The symptoms seemed to be confused with violent aggression. The ones around him may only observed the behaviors they could physically see and Bill probably at a young age had difficulty explaining
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The purpose of lab number thirteen was to examine the response of the daphnia to a chemical stimulant. Also examined was how human resting heart rates differed from the daphnia’s. Stimulants are any substances that raise the levels of activity in the body. Stimulants could be a number of things such as physical or chemical. Physical stimulus usually deal with something that affects the five senses such as sight‚ hearing these could be attributed to loud noises or too much light going into your eye
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Piracetam is a drug which was first introduced in 1964 by Corneliu Giurgea‚ a Belgian Scientist at UCB laboratories. Piracetam is part of a class of drugs known as Nootropics. Nootropics have been scientifically shown to improve cognitive functions and enhance mental performance. There are many major ailments which are treated professionally with Piracetam. Piracetam is available over-the-counter or with a prescription. As part of Piracetam’s effect of increasing cognitive functions‚ it specifically
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Introduction There have been remarkable developments in mental health care in the past decade. Mental health service provision is increasing and focusing more on the role of the primary care sector (Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Principal Committee‚ 2013). One particular mental health service is recovery-focused care - governments in many developed countries have suggested that mental health service systems should concentrate on the concept of recovery-focused practice (Cavanaugh‚ 2014). This essay
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In this case the man suffers from a sympathetic preganglionic lesion‚ and the neurotransmitter needed in order to communicate with the postganglionic neuron is Ach. (12) To create an excitatory response in the cholinergic-nicotinic receptor without having the neuron release the neurotransmitter‚ doctors can administer a nicotinic agonist in order to make the transmission of the signal possible. The nicotinic drug will mimic the action of Ach. (5‚13) Unfortunately‚ recreating Ach action could create
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