Chapter 1: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science Textbook: i. The Need for Psychological Science a) Did We Know It All Along? Hindsight Bias i. Hindsight bias = Something has happened makes it seem inevitable ii. Not because common sense is usually wrong, but because common sense more easily describes what has happened than what will happen b) Overconfidence iii. We tend to think we know more than we do c) The Scientific Attitude
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--- Mortius Amicus: A common form of the virus that causes zombiism. It tends to be harmless and short-lived, hardly affecting the body other than rendering the nervous system temporarily useless (Without any direct damage.) Mortio Occupant: A rare and dangerous form of the virus that causes zombiism. It takes over one's nervous system and modifies the host's body in harmful ways. No cure, nor reason to; the victim's brain and body would be severely damaged and most likely unresolvable. Mortius
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responsible for feelings of happiness, calm, and relaxation. Ecstasy floods the brain with serotonin, expending the brain’s serotonin levels, and leaving the person experiencing a deficit of this important neurotransmitter once the drug exits the system. With repeated use, the brain detects the overabundance of serotonin and scales back natural production. Though this effect may only continue for a few days, users with weekly or more frequent use often experience withdrawal-induced depression. This
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Understanding Schizophrenia: a Biological Approach NAME: Maria Saldias DATE: 4-28-2011 TITLES OF ARTCILES: 1-“ What Causes Schizophrenia”, by John M. Grohol, Psy.D.& the National Institute of Mental health12,Nov,2006. 2- “The Concept of Progressive Brain Change in Schizophrenia: Implications for Understanding Schizophrenia”, by Linn E. Delisi. 2008 INTRODUCTION Schizophrenia is a brain disorder
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Let’s make the point why Chinese people think that way out directly: it is Internal Effects or mental effects that the environment applies on humans slowly and gradually. When it comes to mental effect that the environment takes, it occurs to me that why Chinese people’s character is obedient. The environment does play the most important role. Actually, it is closely correlated to the geography around China. Our ancestors couldn’t reach the outside part to get some necessity for life such as food
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Lizedna Lilio Dr. Underwood English 3 4/15/13 TITLE In our society heinous crimes are committed by all sorts of age groups. From the ages of 13-18 you are considered to be a teenager. The crimes committed like murder rape grand theft auto, molestation. Should age play a role if they were premeditated? If the teenagers today feel they are adult enough to smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, do drugs drive bys, run the streets and do gang related felonies like adults then they should be tied as adults
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It has long been speculated that there is a relationship between exercise and it’s effects on mental health. However, it has not been until recent years that evidence has shown that exercise indeed has a profound benefit on brain function. Studies show that humans and animals that are engaged in regular physical activity have an improvement in learning and memory, protection of overall mental health, and also suggest that an active and healthy lifestyle may help in reversing the effects and causes
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INTRODUCTION While cerebral palsy is a blanket term commonly referred to as “CP” and described by loss or impairment of motor function, cerebral palsy is actually caused by brain damage. The brain damage is caused by brain injury or abnormal development of the brain that occurs while a child’s brain is still developing — before birth, during birth, or immediately after birth. Cerebral palsy affects body movement, muscle control, muscle coordination, muscle tone, reflex, posture and balance. It
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Axia College Material Appendix B Building a Medical Vocabulary Ch. 1 Complete activities A, B, & C. A. Use the word bank below to build the medical word that corresponds to each definition in problems 1-8. Click the grey box to begin typing. |-ic |sub- |-ectomy |-oma | |-pathy |gastr/o- |poly- |-ous
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that have existed in all species for millions of years through evolution. This type of wisdom uses sensory and motor regions of the cortex, as well as subcortical regions of the brain. Cultural wisdom is expressed as language and other symbolic systems passed down through the generations for thousands of years. Language is made up of a self-organizing, complex neural network widely spread throughout various regions of the cortex that are not pre-wired. Group wisdom includes certain remarkable talents
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