Biological Approach to Depression The biological approach is based on the idea that depression has a physical or organic cause. One explanation suggests that some people are simply more genetically inclined to develop depression‚ as Hecimovic suggested that it was caused by a mutation in the 5-HTT gene‚ which was responsible for coding for serotonin production‚ and that this mutation is inherited. Family studies‚ twin studies and adoption studies have all helped support the role of genetics in
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negatively affected today by technology‚ stress‚ and bullying. To start with‚ technology affect teens in our society today because they are always on their electronics. I personally‚ am always on my phone and on all my electronics. Some teenagers are not having quality time with their families‚ and they prefer to be on their phones. Like for example‚ they are not eating at the dining table with their families and asking how they are that day. Sometimes technology can become an addiction‚ the addiction can
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HOW IMPORTANT ARE MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS IN COGNITIVE THEORIES? How the world around us is represented mentally is the corner stone of cognitive architectures. It facilitates understanding of information received and perceived from our environment. The storage and retrieval of knowledge would be impossible without mental representations. Mental representations are the way in which we create copies’ of the real things around us‚ which we perceive. A description of a representation is a symbol
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IT’S GETTING HOT IN HERE! Faridah Ameen ISNA Elementary School Science Fair QUESTION: How does stress affect the body? OBJECTIVE: This experiment will investigate if stress affects body temperature. PURPOSE: Stress refreshes the hormones that affect the body in different ways. In this experiment‚ it will evaluate whether body temperature changes can be detected when people are placed in stressful situations. HYPOTHESIS: I think that when you are stressed‚ the body temperature will be affected
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Provide 2 or more biological explanations of schizophrenia? 1) Genetic Factors Gottesman: Schizophrenia is more common in the biological relatives of a Schizophrenic‚ the closer the degree of genetic relatedness‚ the greater the risk. If a parent has schizophrenia the chance of child having it is 10% MZ twins have 48% chance risk of developing Schizophrenia if their twin has the disorder‚ whereas DZ twins 17% chance of having Schizophrenia if their twin has the disorder‚ that’s more than
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stayed up later than we’d planned to on our phones‚ TVs‚ iPads etc. before and didn’t have a good sleep because of it. It may not seem like such a big deal to get a little screen time in before bed‚ until you realize just how much exposure you get to it everyday. Technology affects your sleep in a lot of negative ways. It disrupts your sleeping patterns‚ keeps your brain alert‚ and wakes you up. Melatonin is a natural hormone made in your body’s pineal gland‚ and released into your bloodstream to make
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Music has the unique ability to affect the listeners’ mood. When an athlete is pumping himself up for a game‚ a mathematician is trying to solve an equation‚ what does he do? He listens to music. When a man is romancing a woman‚ or a heartbroken girl is trying to calm herself after a breakup‚ music is used to set the tone. A director can convey a defined emotion in a scene with the right score. The music in a mass helps people stay reverent and focused. In all these cases‚ music plays a critical
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2013 Mary Sue Farmer‚ MS‚ PhD Week 3 ~ DQ #3 When do you think you can see someone’s biological influences? As an infant? As a toddler? As an adult? Provide a justification for your answer. Biological influences are hard to measure because as a human you can change depending on your personal surroundings and the influential people in your life. I personally feel that you can be able to see ones biological influences as an infant because children at this age have been said to resemble their
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Cognitive Styles and Learning Styles Cognitive styles describe how the individual acquires knowledge (cognition) and processes information (conceptualization). Cognitive styles are related to mental behaviors which individuals apply habitually when they are solving problems. In general‚ they affect the way in which information is obtained‚ sorted‚ and utilized. Cognitive style is usually described as a stable and persistent personality dimension which influences attitudes‚ values‚ and social
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Cognitive Dissonance How do human beings make decisions? What triggers a person to take action at any given point? These are all questions that I will attempt to answer with my theoretical research into Leon Festinger’s theory of cognitive dissonance‚ as well as many of the other related theories. We often do not realize the psychological events that take place in our everyday lives. It is important to take notice of theories‚ such as the balance theory‚ the congruency theory and the cognitive
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