Q # 2: What is treatment resistant schizophrenia? Who falls into this category?
Q # 3: Describe the differences between: schizophrenia functional outcomes, sensory-gating deficits, cognitive dysmetria, and the prodromal phase of schizophrenia.
Q # 4: Explain both the neurodevelopmental and the neurotransmission hypotheses of schizophrenia.
Q # 5: Describe briefly the history of schizophreina and how drug treatment evolved from typical to atypical antipsychotic drugs
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Discuss 5 sociological issues that exist during the Babylonian world power (as told in the Bible book of Daniel during the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar) and that still exist today.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner was recognized as being a progressive film regarding race relations at the time. Many have criticized it as being outdated today. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why?
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What are some pros and cons to the Blanchard model?
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Please write a letter.
Your letter must include:
An explanation of what circumstances or issues prevented you from successfully completing your courses during the period of enrollment in which you were not successful;
How the circumstances have changed and/or the issues have been resolved;
Your plan to successfully completing your courses during the period of enrollment moving forward.
300 word if you can!?
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What was the main conclusion from Harlow's contact comfort?
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1. Any group of psychological disorders marked by physical complaints for which no organic or physiological explanation is found and for which there is a strong likelihood that psychological factors are involved is referred to as __________.
Somatoform disorder
Dissociative disorder
Anxiety disorder
Memory disorder
2. A group of mental disorders characterized by a sudden temporary alteration in consciousness, identity, or motor behavior is referred to as ____________.
Somatoform disorder
Dissociative disorder
Anxiety disorder
Memory disorder
3. There are ______ main disorders that are characterized as somatoform.
Two
Seven
Five
Too many to characterize
4. Conversion disorder is also referred to as:
Hyperanesthesia
Dissociation
Hysteria
5. Which of the following best explains the occurrence of “doctor shopping” among hypochondriacs?
Hypochondriacs suffer from rare diseases that are difficult to diagnose so they must visit several specialists.
Hypochondriacs believe that they are ill when they aren’t so they visit several doctors looking for the one who will correctly diagnose them.
Hypochondriacs are bad at picking competent medical care so they must visit several physicians.
Hypochondriacs believe that they are ill when they aren’t so doctors keep passing them on to other physicians.
6. Due to their similarities, like ritual grooming, many clinicians treat Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) as a form of what other disorder?
Social Anxiety Disorder
Dissociative Disorder
Hysteria
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
7. Many psychologists and other health professionals believe that dissociative disorders are the result of some kind of ______________.
Chemical imbalance
Genetic abnormality
Psychological trauma
Intellectual deficiency
8. When an individual develops more than one distinct personality they are said to be suffering from what?
Dissociative fugue
Depersonalization Disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Dissociative amnesia
9.
When an individual blocks out personal information about himself or herself they are said to be suffering from what?
Dissociative amnesia
Depersonalization disorder
Dissociative fugue
Psychogenic fugue
10.
When people feel chronically detached from themselves, or “spaced-out,” they are said to be suffering from what?
Social anxiety disorder
Depersonalization disorder
Dissociative amnesia
Dissociative identity disorder
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Is it reasonable to describe American capitalism of the Cold War years as nuclear capitalism? ?
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Make recommendations for how the issue of racial profiling could be addressed in order to minimize its impact on the target population. Think of specific strategies or tactics that you could implement to address the issue.
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Why might cognitive biases be an adaptation to one's surroundings? What "advantages" do you see in terms of these biases (in terms of shortcuts in thinking, saving time, etc.)?
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Delineate the various types of drug tolerance. Are they the same? What are their significant differences, and why is tolerance an important consideration in understanding drug use, especially continuing, compulsive use?
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Dig deep into your understanding of the world to answer.
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