the number one reason teenagers are different? What does the Frontal Lobe do to suggest this? The number one reason teenagers are different is that information travels first to Amygdala rather than the frontal lobe. The amygdala is the part of the brain that process emotional because of this and it goes through the emotional part first rather than the logical frontal lobe. Teenagers act more emotional than adults because the frontal lobe is not full developed so the amygdale has more of a reaction
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understanding and immaturity is also another factor to add in. Teens legally get their licenses at the age of 16. Your frontal lobe is considered to not be fully “developed” until you are 21. The frontal lobes act as the decision maker. It is the part that makes you ask yourself if what you are doing is a good decision or not. At such a young age and not having the frontal lobes fully connected‚ it makes it harder to process thoughts such as texting and driving‚ and effects that can follow it. Motivational
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because the frontal lobe is less developed‚ 17-year-olds rely more heavily on the amygdala… to make decisions than adults do. The amygdala… is one area of the brain associated with strong negative emotions‚ including impulsive and aggressive behavior… These two findings are supported by imaging studies that show teens struggling to reason through a dangerous scenario‚ while adults identify and react to a bad idea with considerably less effort expended in the later-developing frontal lobe.” ("Findings:
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thought--what causes a person to act so violently? There have been many studies done to try and find an answer. For a crime such as serial killing‚ there are two thoughts. The first idea is that serial killing is caused by an abnormality in the frontal lobe of the brain. The other is that serial killers are bred by circumstance which means they have certain genes that make them prone to becoming a killer. With some analysis‚ the evidence for both theories can serve to prove that serial killers are
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1. Biological Psychology 2.Neuron 3. Dendrite 4. axon 5 myelin 6 action potential 7 Threshold 8 Synapse 9 neurotransmitter 10 acetylcholine 11 Endorphins A branch of psychology concerned with the links between biology and behavior. A nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system. The bushy‚ branching extensions of a neuron that receive messages and conduct impulses
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Chapter 1 *Goals of psychology: 1. Description of behaviors- classifying & labeling behavior‚ 2. Understanding-Understanding the causes and why they occur‚ 3. Prediction-Accurately saying what may say in the future‚ 4 Control-Altering conditions to positively influence behavior.‚ psychology-the scientific study of behavior and mental processes-behavior(Overt) & mental processes (covert)‚ many research projects in psych begin with observations in real life *Pseudopsychology-Any unfounded “system”
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Evolutionary Psychology: Learning‚ Biology and the Brain Hegel—thesis (consciousness mind) anti thesis (beh) synthesis (cog/beh) Taste Aversion: powerful disinclination toward eating or drinking certain substances. Easily learned—sometimes after a single exposure—are highly resistant to extinction and demonstrate biological constraints What are 3 characteristics of taste aversion that classical conditioning doesn’t explain very well? 1. Conditioning results from the repeated pairing
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Dementia Awareness Unit 1. Explain what the term Dementia means 2. Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia 3. Explain why depression‚ delirium and age related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia 4. Outline the medical models of dementia 5. Outline the social models of dementia 6. Explain why dementia should be viewed as a disability 7. List the most common causes of dementia 8. Describe the likely signs and symptoms of the most common causes
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split up into different regions‚ a point furthered by the fact that Henry knows basic skills but fails to remember his family. Henry Turner was an accomplished lawyer who was shot in his right frontal lobe and also suffered from a lack of oxygen to his brain for some time. The right frontal lobe is responsible for many non-verbal abilities (neuroskills.com). Damage to this area can cause pseudopsychopathy. Childish behavior and a lack of tact characterize this condition. Evidence of this damage
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The hippocampus is a structure of the medial temporal lobe; an area which has long been associated with declarative memory (episodic/autobiographical memory). Von Bechterew (1900)‚ Gruntal (1947)‚ Glees & Griffin (1952). In particular‚ Scoville’s (1954) famous case study of H.M. indicated the role of the medial temporal lobe in episodic memory after H.M. showed severe anterograde and moderate temporally graded retrograde amnesia (upto 7 years) following surgical bilateral removal of this area aimed
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