"Outline and evaluate the biological approach to abnormality" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 16 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    What is the most significant abnormality shown in the serum chemistry? -The most significant abnormality is a rise in the Potassium levels. The reason this is the most significant is because of the narrow physiologic range. What abnormality is shown in the EKG? -There are “peaked” or “tented” T waves. The T wave represents the repolarization of the ventricles which is normally demonstrates soft gradual rise following the QRS complex‚ however in this case the t wave is not properly formed.

    Premium Blood Immune system Hypertension

    • 546 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Best Essays

    with his views‚ responses and approaches in treating clients with his theory and at the different theoretical constructs such as Maslow’s self actualisation‚ self concept and conditions of worth when evaluating the person-centred therapy approach. I will base my answers on the theoretical concepts and

    Premium Psychology Therapy Carl Rogers

    • 2253 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Best Essays
  • Good Essays

    OUTLINE AND EVALUATE EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATIONS OF FOOD PREFERENCES (4 MARKS + 16 MARKS) Outline (A01) Tastes experiences come from our taste receptors. These make us sensitive to a range of taste qualities. For example‚ sweet foods are usually associated with carbohydrates that are a great source of energy. Sour food allows us to identify food that has gone off and would therefore contain harmful bacteria. Salt food is vital for the function of our cells. Bitter tastes are associated with

    Premium Nutrition Taste Food

    • 764 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Outline and evaluate the evolutionary theory of human attachment 12 marks Bowlby put forward a theory of attachment based on the adaptive advantage we get through an innate tendency to form attachments with our caregiver. Bowlby adopted the idea of a critical period from ethologists like Lorenz and applied this to his explanation of how human infants form an attachment. The critical period hypothesis states that if you fail to attach between two and a half years‚ the child will suffer irreversible

    Premium Attachment theory

    • 698 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Chapter 3 The Biological Bases of Behavior Communication in the Nervous System * Nervous Tissue: The Basic Hardware * Neurons are individual cells in the nervous system that receive‚ integrate‚ and transmit information. * The soma‚ or cell body‚ contains the cell nucleus and much of the chemical machinery common to most cells. * Dendrites are the parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive information. * The axon is a long‚ thin fiber that transmits signals

    Premium Neuron Nervous system Brain

    • 1139 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    OUTLINE AND EVALUATE TWO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOICAL THEORIES OF AGGRESSION The first psychological theory of aggression is the social learning theory. This uses the principles of Bandura’s Bobo Dolls experiment which involved children observing aggressive and non-aggressive adults and then acting themselves. Those in the aggressive condition displayed aggression whilst the other children showed virtually no aggression. The four conditions which have been found to be effective for social learning are: attention;

    Premium Psychology Aggression Behavior

    • 1115 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Seven Elements Of Abnormality In 1998 Rosenhan & Seligman described the seven elements common to most definitions of abnormality. The seven elements they can up with are suffering‚ maladaptiveness‚ irrationality and incomprehensibility‚ unpredictability and loss of control‚ vividness and unconventionality‚ observer discomfort‚ and violation of moral and ideal standards. Suffering is when patients report that they are suffering. Maladaptiveness is behavior‚ which prevents people from achieving

    Premium Mental disorder Morality Suicide

    • 587 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    com/children/congenital-abnormalities-congenital-abnormalities/ DEFINITIONS Congenital Abnormalities (Congenital Disorders) is a disorder in the structure‚ function or body metabolism that is found in the baby when she was born. Approximately 3-4% of the newborn has a severe congenital abnormality. Some new abnormality found at the time the child begins to grow‚ which is about 7.5% diagnosed when the child was 5 years old‚ but mostly mild. CAUSE Most babies born with congenital abnormalities have parents

    Premium Heart Blood Down syndrome

    • 384 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Outline and evaluate research into cultural variations in attachment Due to the fact that the ways that people bring up their children can be very different all over the world as we share different attitudes‚ values and beliefs etc. People emphasize on developing distinct skills and qualities‚ so attachments formed can be different. For instance‚ countries like America and Germany would value personal independence and achievement more‚ whereas interdependence between people is valued more in China

    Premium Culture Attachment theory Mary Ainsworth

    • 773 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Behavioural Perspective of Abnormality ( Behaviour is determined by our experiences ( Concentrates on behaviours- the responses an organism makes to the environment ( Behaviours can be external (actions ) or internal (feelings or thoughts) ( Behaviourists believe that people are the sum total of their learned behaviours ( Believe that abnormal behaviours/functioning can be learned. ( Applied principles of conditioning and social learning theory to explain development of psychological

    Premium Psychology Behaviorism Classical conditioning

    • 353 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 50