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what does concordance rate mean

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The rate of the twins sharing the same traits

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What is the difference between monozygotic and dizygotic twins

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Monozygotic - 100% (have same characteristics and behaviour )
Dizygotic - 50% (only half )

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what is a genotype

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genetic makeup of an organism

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what is a phenotype

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physical characteristics of our genes

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5
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what does low levels of serotonin lead to

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OCD

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What does high levels of dopamine lead to

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Schizophrenia

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What part of the brain increases in activity with patients that have OCD according to Ruch et Al

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Basal Ganglia

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Examples of evolution

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Bitter = poison
Men sleep on side closer to door

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What is survival of the fittest

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Adaptive behaviours

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Positive evaluation point

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Real world application
Use of drugs for mental disorders
Promoting treatment for depressions
Drugs reduce depressive symptoms

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Negative evaluation point

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Doesn’t work for everyone e.g CIPIRANI ET AL (compared 21 antidepressant drugs found wide variations in- “mainly modest “effect of drugs
Brain chemistry isn’t only thing that accounts for depression

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Positive evaluation point

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Uses scientific methods
E.g scanning technique FMRI ,EEGA
ACCURATE measures
Adds to high validity

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Negative evaluation

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Deterministic
Can be influenced by environment not taking accountable for in approach
Way too simple

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