Biological Macromolecules Lab Cells‚ the fundamental units of life‚ are composed of various combinations of organic macromolecules: carbohydrates‚ lipids‚ proteins‚ and nucleic acids. This lab exercise is designed to show you the qualitative tests commonly used to detect their presence. Objectives Test for the presence of monosaccharides by using the Benedict’s test Test for the presence of starch‚ a polysaccharide‚ by using the Lugol’s iodine test Test for the presence of lipids by using the
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Biological essentialism is the belief that "we are how we are" because of our genetic makeup‚ this includes our race‚ gender‚ sexuality etc. Biological essentialism also includes assuming that the behaviours and preferences of different species are already biologically pre-determined instead of behaviour and preference being affected from the choices made or the environment and its conditions that surround the species. A perfect example of biological essentialism in everyday
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Tyler Browne Psychology 1 Tues. Thurs. 9:30 – 1:45 Psychology Reflection Paper The top ten things that I learned this semester in psychology were as follows; The importance of sleep‚ the negative effects that stress has on your body and brain‚ the process of neurogenesis‚ the knowledge I gained about psychological disorders and their symptoms‚ effective and healthy ways to cope with stress‚ the treatment of psychological disorders‚ variations in consciousness‚ motivation‚ psychological experiment
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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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Discuss the relationship between the cognitive and biological features of Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative condition which is associated with the progressive loss of neurons and nerve cells‚ this causes people to lose their cognitive abilities such as their memory and their personalities begin to change. This is due to the fact that the disease pervades most areas of the brain. However the developing pattern of damage varies for each individual meaning each person
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The Biological Approach to Unipolar Depression. Katie Evans Abnormal behaviour was once thought to be caused by supernatural possession; this demonological model of abnormality was especially popular in the Middle Ages. It was not until the 18th century that psychologists began to argue that this behaviour should be treated as an illness and medical techniques could be used to treat it; and so emerged the medical model of abnormality. (Gross & McIlveen‚ 1996)1 The medical model of abnormal psychology
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evolutionary process that continues to this day. Crime is still a complex and misunderstood phenomenon with no concrete evidence when it comes to human behavior. Throughout time there have been endless amounts of crime theories‚ few of which revolve around biological explanations. We have Cesare Lombroso and the Positive School who thought that criminals were genetically different from the rest of the general population‚ that they were biologically aggressive‚ had criminal traits and/or born as criminals. There
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individuals who stutter have disagreed with these accusations. Stuttering can have a tremendous negative impact on a person’s life in many ways. New research is being done to disprove the notion that stuttering is a disorder of the mind‚ and rather a biological condition. The thought of stuttering being a potentially genetically or inherited trait may seem shocking to some people. According to Dennis Drayna (2012)‚ who is a researcher at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
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Kyle Ouellette Building 4 Biological Molecules Carbohydrates‚ Amino Acids‚ Nucleotides‚ Lipids Observe: 1. Carbohydrates (monosaccharides‚ disaccharides‚ polysaccharides)‚ Lipids (of many kinds‚ including‚ triglycerides‚ phospholipids‚ and steroids‚ such as testosterone‚ estrogen‚ and cholesterol)‚ Proteins (including enzymes‚ lipoproteins‚ glycoproteins‚ structural proteins‚ hormones‚ etc)‚ and Nucleotides ( nucleotides join to form nucleic acids‚ which‚ along with a sugar and phosphate
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CHAPTER 5 Identity in Adolescence James E. Marcia INTRODUCTION One difficulty in studying adolescence is the definition of the period itself. It is somewhat variable but specific in its beginnings with the physiological changes of puberty; it is highly variable and nonspecific in its end. If the termination of adolescence were to depend on the attainment of a certain psychosocial position‚ the formation of an identity. then. for some. it would never end. Moreover. identity is an even
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