Biological diagnoses are the product of technological‚ political‚ and cultural contexts that makes up sociocultural products. Furthermore‚ biological diagnoses creates new realities and ways of being for the patient who has been diagnosed with said disease/illness. An example of a biological diagnoses that demonstrates that it is a sociocultural product and that it shapes new realities would be celiac disease. Celiac disease is an immune reaction to eating gluten‚ a protein found in wheat‚ barley
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BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS Heredity Heredity refers to the process of transmitting genetic characteristics from parents to offspring. Physical traits and even physical defects are known to be hereditary. Also‚ some mental traits and mental defects are known to be hereditary. (http://www.slideshare.net/GenPsyche/biological-bases) Nature and Nurture Both nature and nurture affects all aspects of human behaviour. “Nature refers to all the evolutionary factors that have shaped the genetics that we have
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Is there such a thing as moral objectivity? Moral objectivity is the position that certain acts are right or wrong‚ independent of human opinion. "It is always wrong to harm a child" and "It is always wrong to kill" are two examples of morals. There are no problems with the concept of objective morals; but if morals were not objective‚ then they would not meet the basic definition of the word "moral". But sometimes it can be a problem. "It is wrong to lie". But is it wrong to lie in order to
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The Biological Importance of Lipids Lipids are organic compounds found in all types of plant and animal cells. They always contain carbon‚ hydrogen and oxygen‚ however the relative amount of oxygen is less than the amount of carbohydrates in lipids. Lipids are polymers and the long chains of repeating units are joined together in a condensation reaction where water is also produced. The most common types of lipids are triglycerides‚ phospholipids and waxes. Triglycerides are formed by three fatty
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Describe two biological therapies for schizophrenia and then evaluate each in terms of effectiveness (8 + 16 marks): One biological therapy is the use of typical anti-psychotic drugs‚ such as Chlorpromazine. The main aim of this drug is to treat schizophrenia by reducing the amount of dopamine in the brain. This is because high levels of dopamine are thought to cause schizophrenia‚ therefore by reducing the amount of dopamine‚ the symptoms of schizophrenia should reduce. Typical anti-psychotic drugs
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BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF LANGUAGE In Partial Fulfillment of the course PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE LEARNING LL 705 BY: RAMIL JAYSON L. SORIANO MA English University of the Cordilleras TO: MS. JENALYN S. PAGAY‚ Ph. D. Professor Biological foundations of language Language has been regarded as special in the sense that it is a dividing line between humans and other species. Language behavior‚ like all behavior is mediated
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Development of A General Accounting Theory – A Scientific Approach? Accounting Theory Development can be defined as ‘a piecemeal process of trial and error in response to changing social and economic forces’. (Underdown and Taylor‚ 1985‚ p2). Therefore‚ it is clear that a general frame of reference is needed‚ however not one that would upset the ‘accounting system’. Accounting theory cannot be narrowed to a certain approach‚ which is the definitive article. In fact‚ accountancy is one
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DIFFUSING MORAL PANIC EVENTS The term moral panic is used to define events of amplified public reaction to a particular situation (Cohen‚ 2002). It is a social phenomenon characterized by the collective overreaction to an event‚ such as a crime‚ that is new or has been present long enough and suddenly sprouted (Cohen‚ 2002; Goode & Ben-Yehuda‚ 1994). According to Cohen (2005) moral panics do not date or‚ in other words‚ its generation is similar regardless of the time period and the place. Stanley
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The Biological Importance of Water for Living Organisms Water is made up of two elements‚ 2 positively charged hydrogen molecules and one negatively charged oxygen molecule. Water molecules have uneven charge distribution as one end of the molecule is slightly positive and the other slightly negative‚ this is called polar. Ionic substances such as sodium chloride dissolve easily in water because the positively and negatively charged ions are separated due to the dipole nature of water. As water
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Jean Piaget believed that cognitive development during childhood plays a significant role in how well children will develop later on in life. The two main properties that encompass Piaget’s theory of cognitive development in children is that nature and nurture both play an equal role in cognitive development and that cognitive development is not a continuous chain of events‚ but rather composed of four distinct stages. The four stages of cognitive development in children are the sensorimotor stage
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