Abnormalities in ECG Hypothesis If someone with a heart defect are monitored by an ECG machine‚ then the ECG will be abnormal when compared to the ECGs of healthy heats. Materials In order to test this experiment‚ an ECG machine will be necessary to measure the ECG of individuals with a heart defect and individuals with healthy hearts. It will also be necessary to have a program called Biopac to see the reading on a laptop. Additionally‚ volunteers with a healthy heart and heart defects will
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Lorelle Hathaway Discuss one or more definition of abnormality. Abnormality is defined by society and the general public as to what differs from the normal standard fully functioning way of living. Each of us has unique behaviour that means we can stray easily from social norms but does that make us abnormal? The definition of Abnormality is a deviation from social norms which means that the individual’s behaviour is not similar to the general public which ultimately means that they cannot
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Defining Abnormality Paper Sabrina Koppen University Of Phoenix Robert Irizarry PSY 410 Abnormal Psychology August 11‚ 2008 Defining Abnormality Paper As William is walking down the street he notices a young woman walking toward him having a full conversation. Technology‚ Bill thought to himself‚ thinking that the young woman has one of those blue tooth ear pieces in her ear. Once Bill is close enough to get a clear view he realizes that the young woman is not on the phone but indeed
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Concepts of normality and abnormality The presence of a mental disorder may be considered a deviation from mental health norms and hence the study of mental disorders is often known as abnormal psychology Normal" and "abnormal‚" as applied to human behavior‚ are relative terms. Many people use these classifications subjectively and carelessly‚ often in a judgmental manner‚ to suggest good or bad behavior. As defined in the dictionary‚ their accurate use would seem easy enough: normal--conforming
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The working model of memory is a model of short term memory which was developed from experimentation and observation by Baddeley and Hitch in 1974. They developed this as they didn’tt believe that short-term memory was as simple as being only one store. The WMM consists of 3 main stores‚ the central executive‚ the phonological loop and visuo-spatial sketchpad. The central executive can store information for a brief period of time and has limited capacity‚ it is needed to perform a number of tasks
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Down Syndrome Down syndrome occurs when there is an extra copy of chromosome 21. People with this abnormality is described to be having a physical feature like excess skin at the nape of the neck‚ flattened nose‚ single crease in the palm of the hand‚ small ears‚ small mouth‚ upward slanting eyes‚ wide‚ short hands with short fingers‚ white spots on the colored part of the eye. The condition is often associated with some level of mental retardation or learning disabilities. These individuals are
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The concept of abnormality can be imprecise and difficult to define. However‚ a person’s trait can be classified as abnormal if it is rare or statistically unusual. Therefore‚ every culture has standards for certain behaviors‚ or what we refer to as socially acceptable norms. Norms are ways of behaving in a society according to the majority and those members of a society who do not think and behave like everyone else. Hence‚ they break these norms so are often defined as abnormal. Also‚ a person
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Outline and Evaluate biological therapies for the treatment of abnormality Drug therapy is the main treatment for mental disorders and is based on the assumption that chemical imbalance is at the root of the problem. One type of drug is anti-anxiety drugs (e.g.‚ minor tranquillizers called BZs such as Valium. These have a calming effect by inhibiting the nervous system and causing muscles to relax. BZs work by enhancing the action of the chemical messenger GABA‚ which acts to calm brain activity
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There are four ways of defining abnormality: • Deviation from social norms • Failure to function adequately • Deviation from ideal mental health • Deviation from the statistical norm Deviation from social norms: Social norms are acceptable or expected patterns of behaviour. According to this definition‚ abnormality is deviation or violation of acceptable patterns of behaviour or social norms. For example it is not acceptable to say you hear voices in your head (schizophrenia). It is not a
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The behavioural model suggest that all behaviours – including abnormality – is learnt. It suggests that we have very few innate characteristics that we are born with. According to the behavioural model there are three ways in which we learn‚ these include classical + operant conditioning and social learning theory. Classical conditioning is learning by associated‚ this is when we create a new stimulus response link by associating one stimulus to a response. For example little albert was conditioned
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