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Assumptions Flashcards

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ASSUMPTION 1: EVOLUTION

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  • mind and behaviour adapted over time to meet needs of environment
  • Darwin - genetically determined behaviour enhances chance of survival e.g. naturally scared of bears as dangerous to ancestors
  • EEA - environment which any species is adapted
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ASSUMPTION 2: LOCALISATION

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  • certain areas of brain responsible for diff jobs
  • Broca - studied patients with diff language problems, had change in back of brain
  • frontal = personality / parietal = sensory / temporal = memory + speech / occipital = visual*
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ASSUMPTION 3: NEUROTRANSMITTERS

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  • chemical messages part of nervous system
  • communicate at synapse
  • big role in mental health = serotonin effects mood, sleep etc
  • antidepressants at receptor sites increase serotonin
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