Psychological Topics 17 (2008)‚ 2‚ 247-263 Original Scientific Article – UDC – 616.89-008.441.42 159.015.7 Evolutionary Explanations of Eating Disorders Igor Kardum‚ Asmir Gračanin‚ Jasna Hudek-Knežević University of Rijeka‚ Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department of Psychology Abstract This article reviews several most important evolutionary mechanisms that underlie eating disorders. The first part clarifies evolutionary foundations of mental disorders and various mechanisms leading to
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The biological explanation for Anorexia Nervosa focuses on the role of neurotransmitters. It suggests disturbances in the levels of serotonin and dopamines are characteristic of anorexia. Bailer et al compared serotonin activity in women recovering from restricting anorexia with those recovering from purging type anorexia with a healthy control group. They found that the group recovering from purging type anorexia had higher serotonin activity. They also found the highest levels of serotonin in women
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D/E explanations of Anorexia Nervosa (24 marks) Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is a type of eating disorder characterised by extreme loss of weight and anxiety associated with food and weight gain. The 4 major symptoms of AN are body weight 85% or less of normal weight for age and height‚ distorted perception of body image (thinness is vital to self-esteem)‚ intense fear of being overweight or putting on weight and amenorrhoea (the loss of 3 consecutive periods). There is the biological and psychological
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Psychological Explanation is based on someone’s mental behavior. A person’s personality and learning factors can cause them to commit a crime. According to some early childhood experiences it can have a major effect on personality and development. Also according to Psychological Explanation crime is stemmed from abnormal urges and desires. Many link criminal behavior to certain concepts as innate impulses‚ psychic conflict‚ and repression of one’s personality.The Psychological Theory relates
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Discuss one or more Biological Explanation for Schizophrenia The biological theory on Schizophrenia is a determinism theory which states that Schizophrenia is caused by our genetics and things that are involved in our bodies. The biological theory states that the cause of Schizophrenia is due to issues such as our genes‚ and dopamine levels‚ and therefore it can be cured by looking at these issues. The first biological explanation I will look at is the genetic theory of Schizophrenia. There
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evaluate biological explanations of schizophrenia (24 marks) Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder characterized by distorted thinking‚ impaired emotional responses‚ poor interpersonal skills and a distortion of reality. It is the most common of psychotic disorders that‚ in most countries around the world‚ affects around 1 per cent of the population. In terms of explanations for the disorder‚ two central types of explanations arise – psychological explanations and biological explanations. Whereas psychological
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Annotated Bibliography- REVISED Owens‚ E.‚ & Smith‚ P. (2010) Examining Barriers to Integrate Technology in Elementary Teacher Education Programs. Journal of Technology Integration‚ 2(1)‚ 59-74 This resource is important to my research because it discusses how schools stress the influential role played by elementary teachers in the developmental of technologically literate citizens. Technology education in the elementary grade begins with the child in mind. It allows children to fulfill their
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IMPORTANCE_OF_ADULT_EDUCATION">IMPORTANCE OF ADULT EDUCATION GOOD MORNING RESPECTED TEACHERS AND MY DEAR FRIENDS. EDUCATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WHICH IS MANDATORY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE WORLD. WITHOUT EDUCATION PEOPLE CAN BE EASILY CHEATED‚ BE-FOOLED & DECEIVED. THEY THEN ARE GIVEN THE NAME WHICH MOST PEOPLE DON’T LIKE IS THE WORD ’ILLITERATES’. THEY ARE DISCRIMINATED AND THEY CANNOT JOIN THE MAINSTREAM WHICH IS A DIFFICULT TASK. The scope of Adult education is very comprehensive. Social
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Challenging the American Dream Adults Alone challenges our assumption about the american dream‚ because Paul and Elaine pretend to make it seem like they are living “the american dream”. When in reality they are not. In the story they live in a nice house in the suburbs‚ have two kids and a new car. Elaine and Paul both work‚ but Elaine takes care of the kids more than Paul. She also does all the grocery shopping and cleaning around the house. Elaine tries her best to look
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had biological functions have been correlated with aggression and violent. In the early biological‚ they see some individual are "born criminals" — they are biologically different from non-criminals. The representative work of earlier biological explanations was developed by Cesare Lombroso in the mid- to late 1800s‚ he developed a theory of deviance in which a person’s bodily constitution indicates whether he is a born criminal. Lombroso proposed that criminals were biological throwbacks to an earlier
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