James- Lange theory Stimulus----------Body----------Emotion SNS is aroused, emotion comes after Anxiety The central notion of this theory, put forward by James (1884) and Lange (1885), is that an emotion-evoking stimulus produces both autonomic activity (heart rate increase, sweating, ect.) and changes in skeletal muscles (running, facial expressions, ect.). ... The earlier results nay be a reflection of the longer hospitalization which was typical for such patients in the 1950's and hence, as Lowe and Carroll note, a discouraging outlook rather than a disrupted nervous system. In ...

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Biological Perspective The Biological perspective examines personality development in terms of issues related to the brain and nervous system, as well as hormones and genes. ... Neuroticism is the name Eysenck gave to a dimension that ranges from normal, fairly calm and collected people to one's that tend to be quite "nervous."" His research showed that these nervous people tended to suffer more frequently from a variety of "nervous disorders-. ... He looked at the sympathetic nervous system, which is a part of the autonomic nervous system, that functions separately from the central ner...

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Influences of hormones, genes, brain, and central nervous system that affect the way we feel think, feel, and act. ... The brain and the spinal cord make up the Central Nervous System (CNS) and the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) is made up of neurons connecting the CNS to the body. ...

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Living systems all share in their ability to absorb and store energy. ... As a living system absorbs energy, it increases its ability to absorb even more energy. ... This ability for organic systems to store energy is due to their highly complex physical characteristics that they do not share with inorganic systems. ... This process takes place in the central nervous system, and by modifying the central nervous system this process becomes the ultimate component in the beginning of memory. Learning through trial and success, and nervous mechanisms tha...

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The causes of this disorder are not yet completely understood, many scientists have come to theories based on that it has many biological factors and as anomalies in the central nervous system that cause the development of ADHD. ...

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Autism "Autism is defined as the brain disorder that begins in early childhood and persists throughout adulthood. It affects three areas of development: verbal and nonverbal communication, social interaction, and creative or imaginative play." (NIDCD) It is a severe disorder of communication a...

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Schools of Thoughts in Psychology Psychology is defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. There are many different schools of thoughts in psychology. Also, there are many different theorists in psychology that played a huge role in some of the beliefs. Even though, psychol...

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These reflexes are important though because they are a sign of what is to come of the child and encourage the early development of the central nervous system and the use of the child's muscles. ...

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For example, the likelihood of their acting outgoing and friendly or feeling nervous and worried. ... Allport also believes that they exist and are based in the nervous system. ... Allport places personal dispositions on a continuum from those that are most central to those that are of only peripheral importance to a person. ... The second is central traits (e.g. honesty, kindness, and assertiveness) express dispositions that cover a more limited range of situations than is true for cardinal traits. ...

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The numbers are added and the result is an index of the amount of change related stress the person has recently experienced * Pressure involves expectations or demands that one behave in a certain way * Pressure is strongly related to measures of mental health * 3 reactions to stress: 1.Emotional responses- as stress increases, mood becomes more negative * the inverted U hypothesis predicts that task performance should improve with increased emotional arousal * as a task becomes more complex the optimal level of arousal decreases 2.Physiological responses- the fight or flight response i...

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The usefulness of theoretical perspectives for providing special education services Emotional and behaviour disorders represent significant behaviour excesses or deficits. Many labels are used to represent abnormal behaviour; these labels include: emotionally handicapped or disturbed, behavioura...

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Autism is a developmental disorder of the nervous system that affects a person's ability to communicate, form relationships with others, and respond effectively to the environment before the age of 3. ...

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Physiological psychology is a field akin to neurophysiology that studies the relation between behaviour and body systems like the nervous system and the endocrine system. ... A psychological school, known as behaviourism, maintains that human behaviour is a learned response to a stimulus, and consequently tried to establish learning as the central topic of psychology. ...

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