Elizabeth has been a drug user for a long time. Her friend believe that addiction has not a biological explanation as none of her friends are addicts and they do not encourage her to take drugs. Describe and evaluate one biological explanation of drug addiction that could be used to understand Elizabeth’s drug explanation. Drug misuse causes significant changes to our neurotransmitter levels in the brain‚ and specifically levels of dopamine and serotonin. As these chemicals are both involved
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IB Math Studies Internal Assessment: What is the Relationship between Points per Game Scored and the Height of the Players in the NBA? By xxxxxxxxx Candidate #xxxxxx February 17th 20xx Mrsxxxx Contents Introduction……………………………………1 Chi-Squared Test……………………………...2 Correlation Coefficient Calculations and Line of Best Fit Calculations………………………...3-4 Discussion/Validity……………………………5 Conclusion…………………………………….5 Raw Data……………………………………6-7 Bibliography…………………………………..8 What is the
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interaction between peers. • • Classical conditioning involves pairing a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus. o Similar to a whistle for dinner or to get off work. It’s something that’s always there but may have an alternative effect on you. This could hurt your reputation at work by getting to comfortable and set in your ways‚ as when changes are made you may buck up to those changes. • Operant conditioning focuses on using either reinforcement or punishment to increase or decrease
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Life changing events and daily hassles Stressors can classified into two broad categories: discrete or continuous. Most of the research on discrete stressors has focused on the study of major life events‚ such as divorce or job loss‚ that require a significant degree of adjustment on the part of the individual. Continuous stressors‚ such as ongoing problems of life and living‚ also permeate our daily reality. Psychologists look at the impact of discrete major stressors‚ i.e life changes‚ and then
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TOEFL ® Planner Test Prep test preparation Campus life reading profiCienCy 130 Countries speaking essential listening most widely aCCepted writing go anywhere your ideas do anything CommuniCate beCome suCCessful university Classroom preparation plan suCCess test preparation An eight-week plan to prepare for the TOEFL iBT® test‚ including: • Skill-building activities • Sample TOEFL iBT test questions • Tips for success on test day ... and beyond! TOEFL ® Planner Test Prep
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CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION GROUP 1 NATURE OF THE SUBJECT AIMS OBJECTIVES SYLLABUS OUTLINE SYLLABUS DETAILS ASSESSMENT OUTLINE ASSESSMENT DETAILS ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: GENERAL ASSESSMENT CRITERIA HL ASSESSMENT CRITERIA SL 1 3 4 5 6 8 14 20 26 41 43 61 IB Language A1‚ April 1999 INTRODUCTION The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a rigorous pre-university course of studies‚ leading to examinations‚ that meets the needs of highly motivated secondary school students between the ages
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Study |Change |Effect to results | | |Loftus & Palmer |Get p’s to observe staged but “real” accident. 2. Higher ecological validity – accounts for variables|More accurate estimates of speed | | |such as emotional response to situation. 3. Harder to replicate so lower reliability. 4. Not all may |Less Ps reporting broken glass | |
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Career Development & Counseling: CNSL 665 BXA Assignment # 8 Due Date: Monday‚ November 7 or 14‚ 2011 Read Chapter 9: Career Counseling for Multicultural Groups Pages 210-234 Page 234: Supplementary Learning Exercises Do: # 2‚ 3‚ 7 2) How would you explain the difference between individualism and collectivism? A) In individualistic societies‚ the goals of individuals are valued more highly than the goals of the group. Individuals are rewarded for behaving
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Outlining an IA for IB Economics Plan: I will be only talking about the first part of the article “ China commodity imports soar despite high costs” Identify economic concepts (vocabulary words) that explain content of article Demand for oil and copper Purchases of other commodities imports of unwrought materials raise retail fuel prices China’s crude imports will remain high in the upcoming months as oil firms still have a strong incentive to produce raise crude throughput to a new peak
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Determining the equilibrium constant from pH values of changing concentrations of ethanoic acid Design Research question: How will altering the concentrations of ethanoic acid affect the pH value‚ and‚ in-turn‚ the equilibrium constant? Background information: When weak acids react‚ the reaction typically does not go to completion. Rather‚ the system goes to an intermediate state in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are equal. Such a system is said to be in chemical equilibrium
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