Biological explanations for anorexia nervosa Biological explanations for anorexia nervosa include neural explanations and evolutionary explanations. 1st BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION - Neurotransmitters -Serotonin Disturbances in the levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin appear to be a characteristic of individuals with eating disorders. Kaye 2005 found a reduction in the levels of the serotonin metabolite 5-HIAA in people with eating disorders. This suggests that brain serotonin pathways are underactive
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Abnormal Psychology Maladaptive Behavior Briefly describe each of the major theoretical perspectives in maladaptive behavior. Which of the perspectives do you believe is the ‘right’ perspective‚ or is there a ‘right’ perspective? Biological Perspective: Suggests that all disorders physical or behavioral have biological causes. Causes may lie in heredity‚ genetic accident‚ or bodily infection‚ or trauma(Sarason‚ 2005) Psychodynamic Perspective: Point of view that emphasizes thoughts and emotions
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Biological Systems Paper Lisa J Felton PSYCH/626 April 14‚ 2014 Taleshia Chandler Biological Systems Paper There are numerous articles written to explain the issues that can occur in the lungs and the respiratory system from smoking however there seem to be other issues that need to be looked at as well. While we know that smoking can cause a great deal of damage to the lungs and can contribute to the development of COPD (Chronic Obstruction Pulmonary Disease) (Kool & Reneman‚ 1993)‚ there are other
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TUTORIAL 1 Fundamentals 1. An inductive load consisting of R and X in series feeding from a 2400-Vrms supply absorbs 288 kW at a lagging power factor of 0.8. Determine R and X. 2. An inductive load consisting of R and X in parallel feeding from a 2400-Vrms supply absorbs 288 kW at a lagging power factor of 0.8. Determine R and X. 3. Two loads connected in parallel are supplied from a single-phase 240-Vrms source. The two loads draw a total real power of 400 kW at a power factor of 0.8 lagging
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Ma.Carmela S.D. Amedo EED 1Y2-1 PSED 2 CHARACTERISTICS OF FILIPINO PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN: Just as infant and toddler classrooms are designed to meet the special needs of very young children‚ preschool classrooms must take into account the social‚ emotional‚ and intellectual characteristics of 3-‚ 4-‚ and 5-year-olds and the cultural backgrounds of these children. Consider the following: 1. The preschool child appreciates a beautiful classroom. The preschool classroom should be inviting
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disorder can be attributed to many biological‚ psychological and social variables that work in tandem to produce healthy or unhealthy behavior” (Kearney & Trull‚ 2015‚ p. 47). The problem with this model is that it does not take into account that each human person has a free will gifted to them from God. Free will allows human beings to be the authors of their own actions instead of believing that external conditions control them. A Christian model of behavior stems from a holistic approach in
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All three types of literature are examples of the word genre. Genre can be used as a broad term to identify certain literary categories such as story‚ poem‚ or play. It can also be used for more specific categorization under a broad term. With these stories we have examples from the genre of satire‚ which can be further broken down into the genres story‚ poem‚ or play. All three types of literature are examples of imagination. From our reading we know that imagination is defined as “The human power
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Keywords and definitions 1. The application of psychology to everyday life. (Its usefulness) Psychology can be used to get you motivated towards a certain goal you made‚ applying yourself to learn new things‚ knowing when to reward ourselves when accomplish those certain aims and other things such as communicating effectively and explaining ourselves verbally and non-verbally. It tells us to use eye contact‚ tone of voice and body language to get a point across‚ helps us learn to understand others
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Chapter2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES Excerpts from Smoking-related Research Analysis by the Congressional Research Service (color emphasis is mine) In response to a request from the US Congress‚ the Congressional Research Service undertook an analysis of the potential health effects of ETS. In particular‚ the analysis looked at the work on ETS which has appeared since the publication of the EPA’s findings. Four studies in particular were examined -- Kabat [14]‚ Fontham [15]
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