Biological Theories of Aging Human Growth and Development Introduction Aging is a biological phenomenon all the living things are undergoing. We are not sure about anything in the world except the aging. We are approaching getting nearer to the death from the time of the birth onwards. No living thing in the world has the ability to defeat death as it occurs sometimes naturally and sometimes accidently. Aging has different dimensions like physical‚ psychological‚ and social. There are
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1. For each structure identified‚ do you think its location affects its ability to function? Why or why not? (Hint: those buried deep in the cell probably do different things than those closer to the cell membrane). Structure does not affect function of the cells‚ cells have a particular structure that enables them to carry out their function in the best way. 2. Draw a labeled diagram of a small section of the plasma membrane and briefly describe its structure and function. 3. Describe
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Biological Psychology Biological Psychology is a process in which biological psychologist or individuals that study the subject attempt to explain behavior using biology. Biologists tend to look at the brain first when it comes to studying a subject so Biological psychologist study the brain and how the brain effects behavior. When Biological Psychologist try to tie the links between the mind and behavior they must first look at how the various parts of the brain work and function. When
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Objective: 1) To test the presence of reducing sugars which is glucose in the Benedict’s test. 2) To test the presence of non-reducing sugars which is sucrose by using Hydrolysis then Benedict’s test. 3) To test the presence of the starch by using iodine test. 4) To test the presence of lipids in corn oils when using the Sudan Ш and Emulsion tests. 5) To test the presence of proteins in an egg albumen in the Biuret’s test. 6) To test the presence of Vitamin C and ascorbic acid in the DCPIP
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Describe and 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
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Sodium: Sodium is essential to all living beings Basic functions: Sodium has 3 main functions: it helps in the absorption of glucose and some amino acids in the small intestine‚ it is required for normal muscle and nerve function‚ and it aids in water balance. Glucose generated by digestion of starch or lactose is absorbed in the small intestine only by cotransport with sodium‚ a fact that has exceptionally important implications in medicine. Glucose and galactose are taken into the enterocyte by
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Outline and evaluate the biological approach to psychopathology (8 marks) The biological approach is all to do with the neuroanatomy (brain structure)‚ biochemistry (hormones) and viral infections and genes. It is a reductionist view as it does not look at childhood conflicts (psychodynamic) does not look at cognitive (mind). Genetic inheritance is one‚ this is when your genes are passed on from your parents to the child. It is normally studied on monozygotic twins‚ this is because they have the
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The Biological Importance of Water for Living Organisms Water is made up of two elements‚ 2 positively charged hydrogen molecules and one negatively charged oxygen molecule. Water molecules have uneven charge distribution as one end of the molecule is slightly positive and the other slightly negative‚ this is called polar. Ionic substances such as sodium chloride dissolve easily in water because the positively and negatively charged ions are separated due to the dipole nature of water. As water
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Hindbrain Outline The introduction briefly talks about the hindbrain‚ its location‚ structure and highlights its main functions. It also talks about how the hindbrain is divided. The next topic is about Structure and Function. It first starts with the functions of the hind brain and then mentions each and every function of the brainstem‚ that it‚ the medulla‚ pons and the cerebellum. It also mentions the functions of the cranial nerves. The next section is on Injury and Disorder. Here it is mentioned
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constructed; there are also a lot of biological and genetic factors that contribute. Two biological factors that affect our gender roles are our genes and hormones. When a baby is first conceived it is genderless for the first seven weeks of development and‚ since there is no gender‚ the development for males and females during this period is identical. At seven weeks when the sperm and egg combine to form the zygote‚ the genes activate the babies’ biological sex. Everyone has 23 pairs of chromosomes
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