NAME: Catherine Mbah Course: HLT 362V Date: Nov 23 2014 EXERCISE 20 1. Which patient scored the highest on the preoperative CVLT Acquisition? What was his or her T score? Answer- Patient 3 with a T score of 63 2. Which patient scored the lowest on postoperative CVLT Retrieval? What was this patient’s T score? Answer- Patient 4 with a T score of 23 3. Did the patient in Question 2 have more of a memory performance decline than average on the CVLT Retrieval? Provide a rationale
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1. To formulate a general definition of emotion‚ it will be most accurate to say that A. an emotion is a specific reaction to a perceived change in a situation. B. emotions are feelings that have both physiological and cognitive elements. C. emotions are adaptive physiological responses to feelings. D. emotion is a feeling state evoked by an expressed behavior. 3. I’m not all that happy‚ but when I smile I feel better. This idea might best be expressed by the A. facial
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pregnancy‚ as well as other obstetrical complications have been linked to ADHD in children. Babies with low birth weight may have an increased risk of ADHD. The same is true for children who have had head injuries‚ particularly an injury to the frontal lobe. Young children who are exposed to lead or other environmental toxins such as PCBs or pesticides early in life may also have a higher risk of ADHD. ADHD always begins in childhood. For some people‚ though‚ ADHD is not diagnosed until adulthood. That
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“Research for the motive of criminal behavior” Abstract The research for “scientific crime [started] on a cold‚ gray November morning in 1871‚ on the east coast of Italy. Cesare Lombroso‚ a psychiatrist and prison doctor at an asylum for the criminally insane‚ was performing a routine autopsy on an infamous Calabrian brigand named Giuseppe Villella. Lombroso found an unusual indentation at the base of Villella’s skull…the founding father of modern criminology” (Adrian Raine‚ April
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Critically evaluate to what extent the ‘somatic-marker hypothesis’ explains how decisions are made in the face of an uncertain outcome. In mind of Kim Sterelny’s (2007) statement that ‘Human Life is one long decision tree’‚ it is not surprising that there has been a vast amount of research into the process of how we evaluate the desirability of alternative choices and select a particular option. One area of research‚ of particular interest here‚ is Damasio’s Somatic Marker Hypothesis (SMH) (1991)
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don’t really drive the proper way . teenagers are immature teenagers can simply be distracted so it is most probable they are caught texting driving talking or even eating when driving. moreover they are not fully developed especially the frontal lobe part of their brain which is the part responsible for weighing risks and making judgements. If the driving age was rasised thousands of innocent soles would be saved Because at this age they know how to behave better and know how to drive without
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Dopamine Dopamine is simply a messenger in the brain. It is released by people themselves‚ their activities‚ and certain drugs. The rationale of this research is to resolve how this neurotransmitter changes with age‚ and to see how dopamine affects the brain‚ as well as the body. This neurotransmitter can greatly affect your mindset of some activities. A psychology professor at Vanderbilt University‚ Steve Zald‚ conducted a study this year. He used PET scans on people that were so-called “thrill
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The Story of Tom Brennan. Discussion Points. After the tragic accident‚ for Tom Brennan’s family everything and everyone went downhill for a long time. Tom became noticeably insecure and had a lot of trouble dealing with his own emotions let alone everyone else’s. Kylie became an angry teenager. She didn’t want anything to do with any of her family at first. She couldn’t stand being around them. Tess was neglectful to her family and only cared about Daniel. She was depressed to the point of being
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that the distribution of scores for the postoperative CVLT Retrieval T scores is normal‚ the middle 68% of the patients had T scores between what two values? 8. The researchers state that it appears that the functional integrity of the left temporal lobe‚ despite evidence of structural abnormality‚ plays a considerable role when it comes to memory outcomes following left ATL. Can the findings from this study be generalized to a larger population? Provide a rationale for your answer. 9. If a patient
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normal‚ the middle 68% of the patients had T scores between what two values? X= 38.2 SD= 9.0 38.2+9.0= 47.2 38.2-9.0=29.2 Answer: (29.2‚ 47.2) 8. The researchers state that it appears that the functional integrity of the left temporal lobe‚ despite evidence of structural abnormality‚ plays a considerable role when it comes to memory outcomes following left ATL. Can the findings from this study be generalized to a larger population? Provide a rationale for your answer. No‚ because the
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