“treated” for it‚ they may not have had the opportunity to make the powerful contributions they gave to modern society. The following is an excerpt from the essay “Shyness: Evolutionary Tactic” that describes the experiment Professor Wilson conducted. “In an illustrative experiment‚ David Sloan Wilson‚ a Binghamton evolutionary biologist‚ dropped metal traps into a pond of pumpkin seed sunfish. The ‘rover’ fish couldn’t help but investigate — and were immediately caught. But the ‘sitter’ fish stayed
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One biological explanation for unipolar depression is the monoamine hypothesis. The monoamines are a group of neurotransmitters which include serotonin‚ noradrenaline and dopamine. You will recognise the latter‚ dopamine‚ from the biological offering of an explanation for schizophrenia. The monoamines are believed to regulate mood. One of the functions of serotonin is to regulate the other neurotransmitters. Without the regulation provided by serotonin‚ erratic brain functioning and thinking patterns
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Outline and evaluate biological explanations of obesity Various explanations can be provided for the reasons of obesity‚ from biological explanations‚ to neurological and evolutionary theories. Even socio-economic reasons could give insight into why some people have a higher likeliness of obesity Evolutionarily‚ the thrifty gene hypothesis provides insight as to why many suffer from obesity‚ as it suggests that our current genes are no longer suited to our new environment. Modern day society is
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Television Violence on Childhood Aggression Abstract There is a great deal of speculation on the effect television plays in childhood aggression. Two contrasting views regarding this issue are violent television increases aggressive behavior and violent television does not increase aggressive behavior. Later research demonstrates there may be other intervening variables causing aggression. These include IQ‚ social class‚ parental punishment‚ parental aggression‚ hereditary‚ environmental‚ and
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Huffman Trucking ERD Explanation Alvin Calahan‚ Adam Morgan University of Phoenix Database Concepts DBM/380 Michael James November 19‚ 2011 Huffman Trucking ERD Explanation Huffman Trucking‚ founded in 1936 with a single tractor trailer has grown tremendously over the years. Huffman Trucking now has 800 road trailers‚ 2100 45 ft. trailers‚ 260 roll-on and roll-off units‚ 925 drivers‚ and 425 support personnel. With facilities in Cleveland‚ OH‚ Los Angeles‚ CA‚ St. Louis‚ MO‚ and Bayonne
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Discuss issues of reliability and validity associated with the classification and diagnosis of phobic disorders (24 marks) The biological explanation for the acquisition of phobic disorders establishes that phobias are caused by genetics‚ innate influences and the principles of biochemistry. This theory recognizes that an oversensitive fear response may be inherited‚ causing abnormal levels of anxiety. This is illustrated in the basis of inheritance‚ particularly the adrenergic theory that convicts
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Outline and assess Marxist theories of crime and deviance. (50 marks) Marxists argue that the nature and organisation of capitalism‚ creates the potential for criminal behaviour. Gordon states that capitalism is characterised by class inequalities in the distribution of‚ for example‚ wealth and income‚ poverty‚ unemployment and homelessness. Gordon argues that the ideology of capitalism encourages criminal behaviour in all social classes. The term ‘crime’ means behaviour that breaks the law. For
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TV Violence Affects Minds of People http://www.term-papers.us/ts/gb/pnl166.shtml Abstract Television violence is pure evil to the minds of children and young adults. A simple cartoon can probably have around thirty violent acts in it. A sit-com show can influence a kid to kill someone. Magazines and newspapers have articles of children imitating violent acts that they have seen on television. Psychologists and doctors have done a lot research to prove that television violence can affect a mind
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Thomas Brady Professor Belichick World History 2A October 2010 The Dao-dejing as an Opponent to Aggression The belligerent relationship between the states of China evoked a sentiment of distress among the population. “Armies of ten thousand soldiers”i marched into battle based on a general’s whim‚ rather than any type of moral purpose. The loss of life was astounding and the people needed a beacon of hope to look for in this blight: this guiding light was the philosophy of Daoism. The Dao-Dejing
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to political offices and titles. Anthropologists tried to come up with way to understand this seemingly irrational conspicuous consumption. There are three explanations that anthropologists have given in an attempt to explain this behavior however this essay will compare two of the three namely the cultural-ecological and the Marxist explanation. According to Suttle (1960: 299) the potlatch is an occasion where the host/s invites members of other communities to the host community to receive gifts
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