psy 230 #3
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- prefrontal crotex does:
- plannin, judgement, self control, reasoning.
- schizophrenic brain v. regular brain
- larger ventricles, thinner cortex
- after repeated drug use
- the brain cuts away receptors
- 2 factors increase likeihood alcoholism
- genes, low response
- at 12
- self esteem drops
- rates of deppression
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1 in 5 teen girls
1 in 10 teen boys - feild independent
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work better alone
enjoy abstract problems
internally motivated - feild dependent
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work better with others
enjoy interpersonal problems
extrinsicly motivated - Three approches to cog. development
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Postformal: follows piagets stages
Psychometric: analyzes components of intelligence ie IQ tests
Info. Processing:studies the encoding, storage, and retreval of info. during lifetime - Formal aka adolescent thinking
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reason hypothetically
capable of abstract though - Postformal thinking aka adult thinking
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practical
flexable-many different perspectives, many solutions
dialectical - dialectical thought
- thesis anithesis synthesis
- college cognition
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more $
healthier
deepen thinking, increased tolorence
more liberal - college fresh. most important
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raising family
making money - older brain
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widespread cell death not likely
neurons shrink
myelin loss - dememtia can be cause by
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70 + diseases including alzheimers
vascular dementia
subcortical dementia - area affected by alzheimers
- prefrontal cortex
- physiological causes of alz.
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plaques form on neurons: B-amyloid
protein tangles grow inside neuron.detected early in Hippo - rates of alz
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1 in 100 at 65 yrs.
1 in 5 over 85 yrs. - whos at risk more
- women
- diagnosed more
- U.S. and Europe
- alz is party genetic T/F?
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True
20% of people inherit the ApoE4 gene - decrease risk factors 4 alz
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allele ApoE2
cuts down plaque
lifestyle habits:
-exercise body and mind and social skills - stages of alz
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GENERALLY:
cognitive
behavioral
end is very severe.