 EXPLAIN = give a detailed account including reasons or causes  DEFINE = give the precise meaning of a word, phrase, concept or physical quantity

 To be born with

 Observing twins › This helps study nature vs. nurture  Nature vs. Nurture = do you act the way you act because of your genes or if you act because of the way you were raised  Uses monozygotic (mainly) and dizygotic › Video!  O4M&feature=relmfu O4M&feature=relmfu

 Diathesis-Stress Model  Basic Model -> -> ->  <- <- <-Actual Model

 Shows the behavioral outcome of biological and genetic vulnerability  This one explains the relationships with children and their parents and the chance of suicide

 Innate birth defects that deal with mental disorders › Examples: Autism (effects behavior) and leukodystodies (effects movement, speaking, vision, hearing, and mental development)

 In psychology it is the understanding or the relationship that helps interpret a problem

 Animal research is used to make discoveries in medicine and safety products  In psychology animals are used to grow organs  There are many ethical problems with these experiments

 Most experiments deal with ablation and lession  ABLATION = remove  LESION = damage  These are used to observe how the brain reacts under MRIs and PETs

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 Neurotransmitters and hormones are studied

 Some neurotransmitters and their functions

 An example how hormones can effect your behavior!  5c0Dnk9c 5c0Dnk9c  Hormones effect your thinking by increasing or decreasing an emotion