Discuss two biological explanations of depression (8+16 marks) AO1: One biological explanation for depression is family studies. Family studies have proved that having a first-degree relative with depression appears to be a risk factor of depression. These studies select people who already have the depression (the probands) and examine whether other members of their family have been‚ or might be diagnosed with depression. Research has found that around 20% of such relatives have depression compared
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Chapter 3 The Biological Bases of Behavior Communication in the Nervous System * Nervous Tissue: The Basic Hardware * Neurons are individual cells in the nervous system that receive‚ integrate‚ and transmit information. * The soma‚ or cell body‚ contains the cell nucleus and much of the chemical machinery common to most cells. * Dendrites are the parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive information. * The axon is a long‚ thin fiber that transmits signals
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Biological approach attempts to understand two major issues: the relationship between mind and body and the influence of heredity on behavior. The two primary concerns of biological approach are the workings of nervous system and the role of heredity in behavior. Bio psychologists investigate how all the electrical impulses‚ hormones and chemical flowing through the body can affect behavior. They are concerned with how the aspects of biology affect emotions of individuals‚ learning abilities and
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Aggression WHAT IS AGGRESSION? Textbook defines it as ‘behaviour that is intended to harm another individual’ HOWEVER‚ there are numerous examples of behaviours that exhibit aggression: murdering for money‚ verbally and physically assaulting someone‚ accidentally injuring someone‚ working persistently to sell a product‚ and many‚ many more Almost every definition that psychologists have tried to come up with for ‘aggression’ can contradict a perfect example of something that is aggressive
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TWO-BASE EXTRACTION OF BENZOIC ACID‚ 2-NAPHTHOL‚ AND NAPHTHALENE FROM UNKNOWN SAMPLE # 131 Douglas G. Balmer (T.A. Mike Hall) Dr. Dailey Submitted 11 July 2007 Introduction: The purpose of this experiment was to separate a sample of benzoic acid‚ 2- naphthol‚ and naphthalene of unknown proportions using a two-base extraction method. The three components of the mixture will react differently to sodium bicarbonate and sodium hydroxide because each of the bases’ conjugate acids has a different
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The larynx has two main functions: it acts‚ first‚ as a valve to protect the lungs and‚ second‚ as mechanism for producing sound. Describe how the larynx produces sound‚ including in your own words a description of the different anatomical parts and their interaction. The larynx is a vital part of the mechanism in our bodies that produces sound. It is basically made up of a series of cartilages‚ which also includes the thyroid or what would be an Adam’s apple on a male. As stated in the sentence
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There are two ways of managing stress; either psychologically or biologically. One of the psychological methods is Stress Inoculation Therapy (SIT)‚ which is a form of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Meichenbaum developed SIT in 1985 to allow a person to cope with stress before the problem actually arises. SIT helps people inoculate themselves against stress and turn their negative thoughts into positives using inoculation. There are 3 steps to inoculation: 1. Conceptualisation phase – The therapist
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component of our biology. Aggression is a fighting instinct directed against people and it often leads to violence when conflict situations arise. To begin with‚ people are prone to use violence because they have inborn learning to it as they used to live in a close-to-nature society where it was the only possibility to survive. Moreover‚ violent behavior can be natural and reasonable in a dispute or confrontation because it’s the easiest and one of the most efficient methods to achieve the goal and
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Discuss two social psychological theories of aggression (24 marks) One social psychological theory of aggression is social learning theory. SLT argues that like all behaviour‚ aggression is learned through both direct and indirect reinforcement. Behaviour which is reinforced‚ be that positively or negatively – positive reinforcement occurs when the behaviour causes desired outcomes‚ negative reinforcement occurs when the behaviour causes undesirable outcomes - is more likely to be learned and repeated
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What are the main perspectives in the study of psychology? What research methods are used to study these perspectives? Every topic in psychology can be looked at in a number of different ways and various different approaches can be adopted for each topic. These approaches are known as perspectives (i.e. view) that involve certain assumptions (i.e. beliefs) about human behaviour: the way they function‚ which aspects of them are worthy of study and what research methods are appropriate for undertaking
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