Abnormal Psychology

Understanding Psychological Disorders: The Neuropsychosocial Approach 39 The Axon Theaxon is the part of the neu- ron that sends ...

40 CHAPTER 2 happens at the synapse, what neurotransmitters and neuromodulators do, the nature of receptors, and what can go wro ...

Understanding Psychological Disorders: The Neuropsychosocial Approach 41 Adrenaline (also called epinephrine) plays a role in at ...

42 CHAPTER 2 cleft (Meana, Barturen, & Garcia-Sevilla, 1992). If the neurons in an inhibitory circuit are abnormal in this w ...

Understanding Psychological Disorders: The Neuropsychosocial Approach 43 that formulated the core ideas of Mendelian inheritance ...

44 CHAPTER 2 In the fi rst case, we keep the environment the same for the two trees. Un- fortunately for them, however, it is no ...

Understanding Psychological Disorders: The Neuropsychosocial Approach 45 Twin and Adoption Studies Twin studies compare some cha ...

46 CHAPTER 2 P S N FEEDBACK LOOPS IN ACTION: The Genes and the Environment We’ve seen how genes can affect the environment, but— ...

Understanding Psychological Disorders: The Neuropsychosocial Approach 47 of friends will be somewhat determined by your genes, a ...

48 CHAPTER 2 Psychological Factors in Psychological Disorders Both of the Beale women had idiosyncratic ideas and inclinations. ...

Understanding Psychological Disorders: The Neuropsychosocial Approach 49 this, they made a very loud sound immediately after a w ...

50 CHAPTER 2 Operant Conditioning Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which the likelihood that a behavior will be rep ...

Understanding Psychological Disorders: The Neuropsychosocial Approach 51 Positive punishment The type of punishment that takes p ...

52 CHAPTER 2 Receiving frequent punishments or negative criticisms is associated with depression in some people: Over time, some ...

Understanding Psychological Disorders: The Neuropsychosocial Approach 53 results from watching what happens to others (social fa ...

54 CHAPTER 2 Consider the disorder hypochondriasis, which is marked by a preoccupation with bodily sensations, combined with a b ...

Understanding Psychological Disorders: The Neuropsychosocial Approach 55 Mental health professionals need to keep in mind, howev ...

56 CHAPTER 2 me very angry!” (Maysles & Maysles, 1976), even though one moment before she had been relatively calm, and they ...

Understanding Psychological Disorders: The Neuropsychosocial Approach 57 sistent with their negative view of themselves, their p ...

58 CHAPTER 2 conducted largely by measuring the brain’s electrical activity, has demonstrated that there are two general types o ...