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1
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Metacognition =

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” Thinking about your own thinking”

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Metacognition Awareness requires that you know….

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content and process

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MA involves what kind of dialogue with oneself about the subject and its impact?

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Intentional dialogue

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4
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Religio

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Piously and meticulously offered, state supervised acts of public worship of the Roman gods.

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Religion

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An outward expression of feelings, ideas and intentions related to a greater than human power.

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Feelings

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Related to one’s perception/belief in a transcendent power.

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Spirituality

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A transcendent dimension within people when they grapple with their own existence within a context outside themselves. That which is involved in contacting the divine. The subjective experience of the sacred. The ways persons seek and express meaning and purpose and their connectedness to the sacred.

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What do Religious people do?

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Attend religious services.
Read sacred writings.
Pray a lot.
Observe religious holidays.

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What do Spiritual people do?

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Focus on inner qualities.
Are deeply concerned about value commitments.
Have a sense of connection to a transcendent power.

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Sacred=

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Not usual, mundane, ordinary.
Those things are transcendent, boundless, ultimate.
Something consecrated or set apart.
Something with supernatural or mysterious power or qualities.

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11
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Who developed the idea of religious orientation?

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Gordon Allport (1950s)

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12
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What are the 2 religious orientations?

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Intrinsic and Extrinsic

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Intrinsic

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The motives for one’s religious experience are personal and internalized. Faith becomes the master motivation for one’s life.

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Extrinsic

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Religion used for the person’s self-interest, - for some personal gain, payoff or for motives that life outside of the religion itself.

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Dopamine

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monoamine neurotransmitter (one amino acid)

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16
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Several dopamine pathways in the brain:

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Pleasure/ Euphoria.
Motor control.
Affect (feeling/mood).
Thinking.
Hormone secretion.
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17
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Drugs associated with Dopamine:

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Neuroleptics (thorazine)
Cocaine, amphetamines, nicotine (pleasure)
THC and Opiates (stimulate appetite-munchies)

18
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Disorders associated with Dopamine:

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Movement disorders (Parkinson's)
Psychotic Disorders (schizophrenia)
Drug addiction
19
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Serotonin

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(sero=blood, tonin=tone) 5HT

Derived from amino acid- tryptophan

20
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What roles does serotonin play in the brain?

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Regulates sleep.
Involved in vigilance.
Regulates mood.
Regulates appetite.

21
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Disorders related to serotonin:

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Mood disorders (depression)
Anxiety disorders
Schizophrenia
Sleep/Eating disorders

22
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Drugs associated with serotonin:

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LSD
Ecstasy
Mushrooms
Peyote

23
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Temporal Lobe Epilepsy is associated with…

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Mystical experiences.
Intense emotions of God’s presence.
Hallucinations of God.
Telepathy.

24
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Religious experiences are more common in persons with…….than in the general population.

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Schizophrenia

25
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What is a genetic pre-dispostion but not genetically determined?

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Schizophrenia

26
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What appears to be associated with abnormal activity in the limbic system, left temporal lobe, & DLPF cortex?

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Schizophrenia

27
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Schizophrenia features:

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Hallucinations and Delusions

Distorted sense of reality.

28
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Example of delusion:

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The mafia is poisoning my food!

29
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Most common form of psychosis?

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Auditory

30
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Negative (vegetative) symptoms of schizophrenia:

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Throwing bricks at cars.

Wearing lots of clothes in the summer.

31
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OCD:

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Associated with hyper-religiousness.
Religiously oriented obsessions/compulsions.
Underactive serotonin .
Associated with increased activity in OFPF cortex, basal ganglia and limbic systems.
SSRI’s decrease obsessions/compulsions.

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Basal ganglia

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initiates motor activity

33
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5HT decreases activity in the……

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Raphe system which also increases Dopamine activity.

34
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Hyper-religiousness appears to be associated with abnormal dopamine activity in the brain circuits that include:

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Medial-Superior Temporal Regions
Dorsomedial, OFPF, and DLPF regions
Limbic system

35
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5HT Agonists-Produce

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Perception distortions
Changes in sense of self
Sense of insight/spiritual awareness
Mystical experiences

36
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Part of the addiction process is…

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learning

37
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Dopamine is part of what circuit?

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Reward circuit

38
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Reticular formation

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Your body's alarm clock. Wakes you up. 
Example: Nodding off in class and your body waking you back up.
39
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PTSD has a….

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serotonin component

40
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SSRI

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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

41
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GABA

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The body’s natural neutralizer.

42
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Hyper-religious

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Tend to see everyday experiences as extremely profound.

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