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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Biological Explanations of Crime Biological Explanations of Crime Crime Statistics from the Chicago Police Department Biological Explanations of crime Cesare Lombroso William Sheldon Neurological Defects Conclusion Biological Explanations of Crime In society today‚ crime rates are increasing at alarming rates. For decades‚ extensive amounts of research have been collected and analyzed in attempts to find out why people commit crime. In the city of Chicago‚ according
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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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Models in Discourse Processing Teun A. van DIN INTRODUCTION In this chapter it is shown that models play an important role in both oral and written discourse processing. Although the term model has several other meanings‚ it will here exclusively be used to denote a specific kind of knowledge structure in memory. 1 In particular‚ the notion of model is intended here to account for the role of personal knowledge people have about real or imagined situations in the process of discourse production
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As a team‚ we were given the opportunity to put the theory of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) into practice at Dinesol Plastics Inc. Dinesol was founded in 1976 and manufactures plastic injection moldings. The leadership team expressed they were seeking better ways to share knowledge among team members. They desired a culture where senior employees openly share experiences‚ knowledge‚ and history with junior team members. We discovered our goal was to help bridge the gap of knowledge transfer between all
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© Paul Hoang and IBID Press 1 Business & Management – Answer Book Important message from the author Dear Colleagues‚ Thank you for purchasing my textbook and for the encouraging words that many of you have passed on from around the world. In the final installment‚ I have put together answers/solutions to all 217 case studies. I hope you will find these solutions as a useful starting point. As with all B&M mark schemes‚ the solutions in this Answer Book should be used with caution
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Describe and evaluate two psychological explanations of depression. (25 marks) There have been several psychoanalytical theories of depression; there is no objective view of depression. However‚ centre to all these different theories is the idea that unconscious forces and experiences during early childhood contribute to the development of depression in adult life. The first theory that will be looked at is‚ Sigmund Fraud’s theory‚ based on his 1917 essay ‘Mourning and Melancholia’. Here‚ Fraud
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