Biological explanation of phobias Genetic factors One biological explanation for the cause of phobic disorders suggests that we can relate it back to our genetics. This theory values the ‘nature’ side in the nature vs nurture debate. This theory uses twin studies to try and separate genetic factors from environmental factors in order to draw a causal conclusion between genetics and phobias. If a closer concordance rate was found between MZ and DZ twins we could suggest a genetic inheritance
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Describe and evaluate at least two biological treatments for schizophrenia Biological treatments arise from the medical model of abnormal behaviour‚ which considers mental disorder to be an illness of disease resulting from underlying biological factors. Most people with schizophrenia receive some form of drug therapy. Drug therapy is the most common treatment‚ using antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs aims to help patient function as well as possible and increasing patient’s feelings of well
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The main form of biological therapy for schizophrenia is drug therapy. Some drugs are more effective at reducing the positive symptoms such as delusions and hallucination than negative symptoms such as lack of motivation and social withdrawal. There are two main categories of drugs‚ neuroleptic drugs and atypical drugs. Neuroleptic drugs such as Prolixin are conventional drugs that reduce psychotic symptoms but produce some of the symptoms of neurological diseases. These drugs block the activity
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Cesare Lombroso’s biological explanations: How relevant are they to modern criminal psychology? Cesare Lombroso is thought of by many as the founding father of criminal psychology (Kushner 2011; Assael & Avanzini‚ 1997; Granieri and Fazio‚ 2011). When Lombroso was alive his theories on the biological explanations of crime were seen as cutting edge (Kurella‚ 1911) but after death his theories were ridiculed and denigrated (Gatti & Verde‚ 2012) with Abraham Verghese referring to them as “pseudoscience
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Describe and evaluate the biological explanation of gender development. Give evidence in your answer. (10 marks) The biological approach states that human beings have evolved so that males and females possess different chromosomes that trigger the production of different levels of certain hormones. It is these hormonal differences between the sexes that lead to differences in behaviour. This allows for males and females to perform different roles in reproduction thus ensuring the survival of
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Outline and evaluate biological explanations for schizophrenia There are many different explanations for schizophrenia and the biological one has a major influence on the explanation. There are two different approaches; genetics and the dopamine hypothesis. The genetic hypothesis argues that sz runs in families and is inherited through genes. According to the genetic hypothesis‚ the more closely related the family member to the schizophrenic‚ the greater their chance of developing the disorder
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The Case of Schizophrenia Spencer Surjue-Bowens Pysch410 Prof Nyiema Carter February 6‚ 2013 Dr. John Hunter‚ a noted therapist asserts that Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by poor emotional responsiveness (Hunter‚ 2003). Symptoms may include auditory hallucinations‚ paranoid or bizarre delusions‚ or disorganized speech and thinking‚ and is accompanied by significant social or occupational dysfunction. This disorder mainly affects
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Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it difficult to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences‚ to think logically‚ to have normal emotional responses‚ and to behave normally in social situations. Schizophrenia is one of the most disturbing mental illnesses‚ marked by delusions and hallucinations. It is a psychotic disorder or group of disorders marked by disturbances in thinking‚ emotional responsiveness‚ and behavior. Schizophrenia is the most chronic and
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Critically evaluate feminist explanations of female criminal behaviour. The involvement of females in crime and as the committers of crime was once a rare phenomenon but in recent years a dramatic increase has been seen all over the world. In England and Wales statistics have shown between 1994 and 2006 female crimes have steadily increased and have since continued to do so (MOJ 2009). Many sociological explanations and interpretations have arisen to coincide this surge in female offending as to
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was diagnosed as undifferentiated schizophrenia and now his current diagnosis was undifferentiated schizophrenia. Undifferentiated schizophrenia is amental disorder which is part of the family of disorders broadly known as“schizophrenia.” There are a number of subcategories of schizophrenia including paranoid schizophrenia‚ catatonic schizophrenia‚ disorganized schizophrenia‚ residual schizophrenia‚ and schizoaffective disorder ; undifferentiated schizophrenia is oftendefined as a form in which
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