Introduction Childhood traumas have been associated with many psychological problems later in life. Specifically‚ sexual abuse during childhood shows correlations with many different types of anxiety disorder. There are many theories as to why this is‚ but most of the prominent ones deal with memory repression. Freud first introduced memory repression when he described it as consciously taking an event out of their memory. Since the population of child sexual abuse survivors is to be 1 in 5 girls
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Marijuana on the Brain Outline I. Thesis – How does the usage of marijuana affect the brain and what causes the intoxication from the drug? What are the long-term and short-term effects from marijuana? II. Body A. Emotions a. Amygdala i. Anxiety and panic ii. Blocking of traumatic experiences iii. Reduces hostility b. Acute psychosis iv. Hallucinations v. Delusions vi. Loss of personal identity c. Psychoactivity
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The Brain Development and Violence Juanita S Farmer DeVry University Victimology Professor: Jeannine Quear What causes a person to become violent? Is a person born to be a killer or do social pressures cause a person to lash out? These are questions that scientists have been searching for answers to for decades. Though there are many theories about biological influences‚ there is no set rule that applies to everyone that explains what makes a person turn violent. There are three events that
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Table of Contents Introduction ..3 Risk Factors .3 Pathophysiology ...4 Clinical manifestation ..5 Diagnostic criteria 5 Laboratory and Diagnostic test 6 Evaluation & Treatment ...6 Prognosis ..6 Summary ..7 There
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cerebellum and medulla. Cerebellum The "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; functions include processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance. Limbic System Doughnut-shaped neural system including the hippocampus‚ amygdala‚ and hypothalamus‚ located
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thinking process comes‚ to determine the trouble. The messages sent through the amygdala which identifies the probable outcome of the trouble (Lightman‚ S. 2008). Amygdala is a part of the limbic system or called key emotional centre of the brain (Tortora and Derrickson 2009)‚ It is also called the nuclei of the hypothalamus which is the critical part of the brain that coordinate an activities in response of stress. The amygdala triggers hypothalamus to bring messages through sympathetic centers in the
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Hippocampus: plays important roles in the understanding of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and navigation to places. 3. When underclassmen stress about their regents in June and start to panic: Amygdala‚ Pre-frontal lobes (frontal lobes) and Hypothalamus. Amygdala: Shown in research to perform a primary role in the processing of memory and emotional reactions. How underclassmen process their emotional reactions such as panicking and stressing out. Frontal Lobes: helps with
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Relationship and Differences between the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems 73211 Brain & Behaviour Assignment Two The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand 3264 words CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS “From the brain‚ and from the brain alone‚ arise our pleasure‚ joys‚ laughter‚ and jokes‚ as well as our sorrows‚ pains‚ griefs‚ and tears. Through it‚ in particular‚ we see‚ hear‚ and distinguish the ugly from the beautiful‚ the bad from the good‚ the pleasant from the unpleasant
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Public Speaking: Crash and Burn‚ or Speak and Learn There are a number of "creative" tips that are taught to people who are nervous to speak in public. These creative bits of advice designed to help you get over being scared are not only stupid‚ but will likely hurt you and make you feel worse. Picture the Audience naked. This seemingly pornographic advice refers to imagining your audience in some position that lowers their perceived power. Other variations on this theme include‚ "Picture
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arousal. • More activity in amygdala when watching fearful (vs. angry) faces • Negative emotions= right hemisphere positive emotions= left hemisphere Robert Zajonc: Emotions need no inferences; We can have emotional reactions apart from (and even before) we interpret a situation. Example: Participants subliminally primed with a happy face rate a subsequent ideograph as more positive than when primed with a sad face Speedy low road: fear stimulus thalamus amygdala fear response (bypasses
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