Brain College Essays Samples For Students

1. Considering what is known about the teenage brain and sexual development, are messages of "just say no" likely to be effective when it comes to drug use and sex? Why or why not? Be sure to explain your answer. Please note your answer should make reference to both adolescent brain and sexual development. (3 points)
The adolescent brain is considered to be more similar to the brain of a child than an adult. Its development is a work in progress. Adolescents don’t perceive things in the way adults do. Their brain is filled with curiosity about the Continue reading...

Stevie, a forty-three year old married accountant, frequently complains of sweaty palms, dizziness, breath shortness and stomachaches. This has been going on for a period of over two years with few moments of prolonged relief. He also complains of mouth dryness, occasions of extreme muscular tension in addition to a persistent nervousness that he claims interferes with his ability to concentrate on his occupational responsibilities time and again.
Though such symptoms habitually event in frustration, Stevie denies feeling depressed in any way and continues to enjoy his various hobbies as well as family activities. Due to these symptoms, Stevie Continue reading...

Introduction

"Saginaw Valley State University" is the youngest but most developed universities in the state of Michigan. It was founded in the year 1963 being a common college called Saginaw Valley College. Its location dictates the necessities and expectations that the surrounding environment has from the university. Because it is a certified unified under the United-States Charter of Universities (public corporation Charter), it has professional qualifications and infrastructures that enhance the continual development of education and public services. These laboratories optimally represent the ethos, logos and pathos by the manner in which they express their essentiality to the institution. Some Continue reading...

a) Have you or anyone you have known experienced an amygdala hijack

Yes

b) Impact?
A friend took off whenever he saw a man with a machete. He had escaped death in a tribal war. The amygdala led him to the non-conscious act of running for his life to avoid being killed
c) Tips for avoiding?
Training the brain to disassociate the machete from an attack by thinking of the machete as a hand tool used for tilling the land. Conditioning the brain to remember that the machete was used in attacks but no longer get the emotional response of Continue reading...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) or dementia of Alzheimer's type (DAT) is one of the most common pathologies of the central nervous system and psyche. It usually affects persons in the old age and today an estimated of 500,000 Canadians suffer from Alzheimer’s or related dementia, over 70,000 being under 65 and 50,000 under 60. Neurodegenerative process is accompanied by progressive loss of memory and cognitive abilities decline. AD inevitably leads to death of the patient, and there are still no drugs to prevent or cure this disease. Incidence increases parallel with an increase in life expectancy. Continue reading...

Part I: Descartes, Hume, and Kant

Question One
Descartes conceives the self by application of the principles of dualism. He says that, the self cannot exist on its own. He believes that, the understanding of human beings has a direct link with God. Human beings are as a result of metaphysical events that relate the mind with the idea of God. Through God’s intervention, people are able to identify themselves. The human mind makes decisions that are directly proportional to the inspiration from Gog and the cognitive responses that follow the directives from God. In essence, Descartes goes on to add that, at no Continue reading...

Hi,
Thanks for your feedback. As we already mentioned in our first draft, the questions are not aimed at kids, as it is the parents and teachers who would be doing the observation. I quote from our essay

It makes more sense as they are the ones who could gauge the changes in the child's abilities and personality.
Secondly, the survey is intended to measure the impact of technology on a child based on the access she has to digital technology. The RQ for the first hypothesis intends to measure the level of access the child has to technology ( Continue reading...

Introduction to Psychological Research Methods

A community living close to an industrial area has raised concerns about contaminants from industry causing health problems in local families. Based on current research, the public health guidelines state that children should not have blood lead levels above 10 micrograms per decilitre, because elevated lead levels may cause long-term cognitive impairment. As part of the investigation, parents of all children in the 2- to 6-year-old age range who live within a 10km radius of the industrial area are contacted and strongly encouraged to have their children assessed. Lead levels in the children’s blood of are measured. Blood Continue reading...

Since ancient times, the elusive concept of wisdom has figured prominently in philosophical and religious texts. The question remains compelling: What is wisdom, and how does it play out in individual lives? Most psychologists agree that if you define wisdom as maintaining positive well-being and kindness in the face of challenges, it is one of the most important qualities one can possess to age successfully — and to face physical decline and death.
Vivian Clayton, a geriatric neuropsychologist in Orinda, Calif., developed a definition of wisdom in the 1970s, when she was a graduate student, that has served as a Continue reading...

Introduction

Stroke is defined as the onset of sudden death of brain cells as a result of lack or deficiency of oxygen in the brain. There are two types of stroke that can affect an individual namely Ischemic and Hemorrhagic stroke. Ischemic stroke is caused by the blockage of an artery leading to lack of oxygen in the brain. On the other hand, Hemorrhagic stroke results from a tear in the wall of an artery that causes bleeding in the brain. The part of the rain affected determines the severity of stroke suffered by an individual. The extent of damage Continue reading...

Part A

The video of cognitive robot XCR-1, featured five characteristics of the sentient beings, and demonstrated a machine too can learn simple associations. The robot XCR-1 is a three-wheeled robot, without an envelope that gives a shape and form, with gripping hands, with multiple sensory capabilities and with a capacity to produce words. The robot has limited motor capacity (gripping, moving forward/ backward, talking and touching), but has excellent sensory systems for visual, auditory, touch, pain and tap stimulus. Obviously it has been created for studies and experiments in the field of machine learning. The experiment pioneered by Dr. Haikonen Continue reading...

Alzheimer’s is a condition that affects the brain. It leads to damage of brain cells. This condition progresses, and it leads to memory impairment. Scientists believe that this condition results because of an accumulation of beta amyloid protein. This protein leads to death of the nerve cells. The condition mostly affects people above the age of 65. This condition is not a normal part of ageing.

Causes of Alzheimer’s disease

Age is the largest contributing factor to developing Alzheimer’s condition. As the age of the person increases, the chances of a person developing the condition increase. Other risks factors of Alzheimer’ Continue reading...

Introduction

Psychology is a vast field. There are many laws, principles, and theories that govern the train of thoughts of psychologists and mental health professionals working in the field. Basically, psychology is a branch of science that is concerned with the academic and applied discipline of studying behaviors and mental functions of animals, which in this case, would be humans. Psychology is not only concerned with studying the behaviors and mental functions of an individual because it may also aim to study the behaviors and mental functions of a group or population. The objective of this paper is to discuss Continue reading...

Cranial Nerve Palsy

Cranial Nerve Palsy is when the nerve is lacking its functionality. This condition may cause a partial paralysis or weakness of the areas, which the affected nerves serve. In some cases it may cause complete paralysis and weakness on such affected nerves (aapos.org).
This nerve condition can be traumatic, congenital, or can be vascular disease and infections. Symptoms of Cranial Nerve Palsy affects the eye movements and diplopia. The orientation of diplopia is going to be different based on the affected cranial nerve. Besides limited movements of the eyes, this condition also causes droopy eyelid or ptosis and sometimes Continue reading...

According to the article Serial Killers Have Under-Developed Brains, Says New Study published in the International Business Times, serial killers might be having an underdeveloped brain. In the article, Timur Moon says that serial killers might be suffering from abnormalities of their brains and that this is what makes them to commit offenses. After neuro- imaging the brains of supposed serial killers has shown that their brain activity is different from that of normal people. There are diminished activities in some areas of the brain which are linked to self awareness and the processing of emotions and also sensitivity Continue reading...

The Body as a Complex Problem

The body harbours all the characteristics of a complex problem. For example, it is a complex system made up of many interconnected components; the legs, the arms, the ears, eyes, the head, the mouth and the waist are some of the distinct parts of the body. The enormity of body parts creates the idea of chaos; all these parts perform different functions, and it is difficult to determine the long-term behaviour of each one of them. However, it is puzzling to note that with so many parts performing different functions, the body appears well-coordinated unless problems arise within any Continue reading...

Human beings (Homo sapiens) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) belong in the same order of primates and the Hominidae family. This is because they have common characteristics that lead them to be grouped together in this order.
A number of similar biological aspects make human and chimpanzees to be grouped together. Both chimpanzees and humans have highly flexible limbs that end up with five fingers. These limbs for both limbs and hind limbs enable this order of animals to perform various activities such as climbing trees and the use of tools. Human beings and chimpanzees have flexible shoulders and joints Continue reading...

There are many theories that attempt to explain human behavior, each with a different and unique approach. From developmental and humanist theories, to behavioral and cognitive, psychological theories have allowed society to better understand human thought and behavior, as well as allowed mental health professionals a variety of approaches in which they can provide effective therapeutic interventions to assist clients in improving areas of their lives. Many psychological theories are comprised of a variety of related, but different theories, which lead to an expanded view of human behavior. The theorists that have contributed to the field of psychology have Continue reading...

The Central Nervous System is the control system of the human body; it is the core of the human nervous system. The Central Nervous system is made up of the spinal cord and the brain. The brain uses the electrical signal, which is generated by the Central Nervous System. These electrical signals travel via the Peripheral Nervous System effector cells. These effector cells carry out physiological responses whenever the brain demands it. Axonal regeneration occurs successfully in the Peripheral Nervous System. However, regenerative axonal growth starts occurring in the Central Nervous System too, but stops two weeks after the Continue reading...

The cognitive development theory looks at development as a series of progressive changes in which a person uses their own intellect to continuously progress through stages. The nature of these stages is that each of them is more complex than the other. Piaget and Vygotsky were very influential in the psychology field in relation to the cognitive development theory. This paper describes the importance of their theories of cognitive development and outlines their influence on the current teaching methods.
Vygotsky and Piaget are regarded as constructivists. This was directed to the learners in the current schools that they need Continue reading...

Marijuana is harmful drug consumed in various ways; it can be smoked as a pipe or a cigarette, it is also consumed in cookies or cakes. This paper is aimed at determining profoundly reasons why it should not be legalized.
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(Caulkins 77), according to Caulkins, the effects of marijuana are dreadful; to start with, it affects the user by causing ‘impartment of short-term memory, hallucinations, logical thinking, energy loss, impaired immune system, and damage of the brain nerve cells.
(Caulkins 23), according to Caulkins, Cannabis causes abnormal cell division. A pregnant woman who is a regular smoker Continue reading...

Many causes and effects of drug addiction are both related as to why a person is using illegal drugs and the outcome of becoming a drug addict. Being a drug addict creates a negative cycle, which undeniably precipitates some anomalies in the human brain. The process will result in strong cravings as well as involuntary inclination that prompt to use drugs.
Drug addiction is a very serious threat to public safety and public health, not only in the United States, but also all over the world. Drug addiction develops in many ways. To better understand the causes of addiction, Continue reading...

The debate on sexual orientation has been going on for a long time in the world. There are many researches some claiming that the homosexual people are socially assimilated towards being homosexual from the social environment. There are others who hold to the opinion that it is entirely a hormonal aspect that develops as one grows. There are those who take a position in between the two and belief that gender and sexual orientation are as a result of the interplay between the environment and the genetic and hormonal state of the individuals. As it was learned recently, the Continue reading...

Penmanship is a teaching method where writing with hand involves the use of writing tools or instrument. It was the historical formal writing style of writing. The individual’s penmanship style is known as the handwriting. Cursive is also a type of writing style using hand. It is known as joint writing, script, or running writing. In cursive, the language symbol involved is written in a flowing or a conjoined manner. Its aim is to make the writing faster. The method of cursive is related with practical advantages of high speed writing(Richard, 2004).
 Teachers should still teach penmanship Continue reading...

An interface is the point of contact between two systems. This paper deals with the dynamics involved in the contact between human beings and computers. Human-computer interface concerns itself with the multifarious methodologies and the numerous processes which are involved when designing computer interfaces. It also involves the methods used in implementing, evaluating and comparing the various human-computer interfaces . One of the long term goals of the human computer interface is to design a wide range of systems which either do away with or minimize what humans intend to cognitively achieve by interacting with the computer and the computer’ Continue reading...

- Primate brains follow predictable developmental pattern
This Monash University research, originally published in the Journal of Neuroscience by Tristan Chaplin et al., is said to be a breakthrough in the understanding of the evolution of primate brains across all sizes of primate species. In an anatomical context, the research discusses how the disproportionate enlargement of the areas of the human brain necessary for advanced levels of the cognition can be identified as consistent across all sizes of primate species. The researchers found through the use of computer modelling and MRI imaging that those two brain regions – “the lateral Continue reading...

Psychology

Question 1
Stanley Schachter's (1964) two-factor theory of emotion can be viewed in part as a social theory of emotion. Explain
The Schachter’s Theory of Emotion integrates the roles of the cognitive factors and psychosocial arousal in the determination of human emotion. It further asserts that the experience specific emotions depends on the cognitive factors exercising over the general psychosocial arousal. These principles coincide with the social theory of emotions, which also asserts that human emotions depend upon psychosocial and cognitive concepts in adults and children consecutively.

Question 2

Upward Social Comparisons refers to comparing ourselves with the people we Continue reading...

Stroke and Depression

Ranked as the fourth cause of death in United States, stroke remains as one of the diseases that leave a lot of people to live in trepidation as significant numbers of people are orphans due to this deadly disease. Stroke also known as brain attack, occurs when there is a blockage of blood vessels that are responsible for channeling blood to the brain. When this happens, brain cells start to die due to lack of oxygen hence abilities that are controlled by that area is lost. This disease is often associated with depression following trauma that is experienced from Continue reading...

Behavioral therapy refers to a therapy which is deeply rooted in behaviorism principles. Behaviorism focuses on the idea that people learn from their environment and the ultimate in behavioral therapy is to eliminate maladaptive behaviors and at the same time reinforce desirable behaviors. The techniques used in behavioral therapy have a strong basis on operant conditioning and classical conditioning theories. Unlike other kinds of therapy which have strong roots in insight, behavioral therapies are action based. It focuses on using similar learning strategies which results in the formation of unwanted or maladaptive behaviors and other new behaviors. As a Continue reading...

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy theory seeks to define both origin and nature of emotional disorders. Feud argues that functional illness often linked to the functioning of the mind and not brain pathology. The theory also outlines the benefits importance of the transference relationship on a therapeutic value during counseling. There is a strong relationship, between instabilities in anger expression and experience in male perpetrators, of their partner violence. Therefore, psychotherapy will useful in batter intervention programs. Anger management intervention can also be used in people with suicidal thoughts. Both interventions focus on the emotions trauma recovery behaviors as well as didactic education Continue reading...

Dreaming and interpretations have taken centre stage at different times in the study of psychology. There are many opinions that vary depending on the perspective the researcher take and the mode of study, especially data collection. I agree to Patrick McNamara’s perspective that, dreams are associated with the emotions of the dreamer. He considers the part of the brain that is active while sleeping i.e. the limbic part that (the emotional part) is activated while the dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex (the executive) is under activated. This is one of the most logical explanations of dreams as records mostly Continue reading...

Something that I and many others enjoy doing in our spare time that we do not get paid for is playing games on our mobile phones. With mobile phones being able to connect to the internet, there are too many games to pick between. Sometimes I do not have enough free time to play them as often as I would like. That is why I wish I could get paid to play games on my mobile phone. Many would argue, but there are a few good reasons why I should get paid to do this. Playing games on my Continue reading...

Crystal methamphetamine or crystal meth is a drug that people take by inhaling through the nose, smoking, oral method, or injecting by use of a needle. People refer to the drug as crystal meth when the drug is in its crystal form. This drug creates a false sense of excitement, confidence, hyperactive and energy (Buxton & Dove, 2008). Consequently, the drug can cause rapid weight loss experienced after consuming the drug six weeks continuously. This paper examines the history of crystal meth, the history of addiction treatment options and explains the evolution of withdrawal symptoms of drug.
Iritani (2007) traces Continue reading...

Business Communication

Human relations constitute the basis of communication, collaboration and progress. At times, these positive outcomes of human relation interactions can suffer breakages, which generate conflicts. There are various causes and sources of conflicts and their effects are varied, but there are also effective strategies for managing the conflicts.
In their study, “Business Communication”, Shwom and Snyder dedicate an entire chapter, entitled “Working with others. Interpersonal, Intercultural, and Team Communication”, for identifying the causes and sources of conflict as well as for presenting ways and strategies to manage conflicts.
Communication is composed of two segments: speaking and listening and both Continue reading...

Vygotsky and Luria: Soviet Psychologists

Lev Vygotsky and Alexander Luria were two Soviet psychologists that were rejected their own country, and it was only in the 1970s when it began to be taken into account in the United States of America, mostly due to Cold War prejudices. Thus, their theory has not been so profoundly studied. Also, many researchers have questioned the authoritative nature of the available translations, which could be obscuring the comprehension of what these researchers were truly proposing, which is usually called cultural-historical psychology. This label, however, “does not reflect the genuine self-concept of the respective researchers. Rather, both designations originally Continue reading...

Human perception of sounds is not only performed by an ear as a part of the body. In fact, a person hears through the organ of hearing, which has got complex structure. The ear is only a visible part of it.
Auricle or pinna essentially acts as a funnel through which a person catches vibrations in the air. Coming through the auditory canal, they affect the eardrum – a thin membrane that separates the outer and middle ears.
Then the eardrum vibrations are transmitted to the auditory ossicles and reach the inner ear, the main part of which is an Continue reading...

There are more than 5000 genetic disorders up to date. These genetic disorders are most evident at birth or during the onset of early childhood. This results to admission in different programs in rehabilitation centers, school programs in order to help the victims affected by such conditions. These disorders can primarily affect the body system, muscles and the respiratory system.
One such disorder is the Rett syndrome. Rett Syndrome is a phenotypically distinct progressive X-linked dominant neurodevelopmental disorder that affects females (Volkmar et al, 2007). There are different types of Rett syndrome. These include the classical Rett syndrome, provisional Continue reading...

Discuss the relationship between the cognitive and the biological features of Alzheimer's disease

In order to know the relationship between the cognitive and the biological features of Alzheimer’s disease, it is very important to know the definition of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer is defined as the developed form of dementia that usually begins at the age of 40 years onwards. It usually begins when a person has problems speaking and remembering things and eventually the patients becomes very helpless and dies (Jon et al., 2013). According to its history, in 1906 the first person to talk about this disease was Alois Alzheimer. Following his discovery, the disease was later named after Continue reading...

Football as a sport should not be stopped. Doing so shall have very many ramifications to the economy of many countries and also to the players. It is also one of the most liked sports all over the world that harnesses the talents of young people. It is also important to note that concussions alone cannot be a good ground, strong enough to cause stoppages of football and all other sports have negative effects too.
The rules can be changed to reduce the chances of concussions occurring. Protective gear can be introduced in the sport. This shall ensure that Continue reading...

Template matching theory best characterizes human performance. Typically, different people will interpret situations differently depending templates stored in their minds. Normally, people experience varied situations that require certain response. Arguably, the nature of response that a person would give would depend on existing templates in the brain concerning the same. For example, when a person receives any instruction, he has to interpret the instruction before acting in the direction required by that instruction. Largely, human life entails receiving instructions, and interpreting and expressing the needful. In a class setting, the teacher would raise a question to the class; the Continue reading...