Biological Approach
Double Point Disorders
Disorders
Double Point Disorders
Research methods
100
chemical messenger released into synapses
What is a neurotransmitter?
100

A disorder in which a person has difficulty recovering after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event.

What is PTSD?
100

Psychology is the study of human ...

Behaviour

200
the emotional brain
what is limbic system?
200

What does the C in OCD stand for

Compulsive

200

A serious developmental disorder that impairs the ability to communicate and interact.

What is autism?
200

What does the "S" in ASD stand for?

Autism (Spectrum) Disorder

200
what is an independent variable?
the variable altered by the experimenter.
300

Decision making has been localised to this part of the brain

what is the prefrontal cortex?

300

What is Trichotillomania?

A disorder that involves recurrent, irresistible urges to pull out body hair.

300

A serious eating disorder marked by binging, followed by methods to avoid weight gain.

What is bulimia nervosa?
300

The cause of a disorder is known as the ...

(a)etiology

300

the relationship between two variables

what is a correlation?

400

This NT has been linked to depressive disorders

what is serotonin

400

what is prosopagnosia?

face blindness

400

A disorder that includes hallucinations and delusions.. 

What is schizophrenia?

400

A person addicted to heroin may experience ________ symptoms when they stop

Withdrawal

400

This method might involve both interviews and experiments

Case study

500
what part of the brain is involved in speech production?
what is Broca's area?
500

What is Synesthesia?

Seeing sounds and smelling colours are symptoms of this disorder


500

Fear of places and situations that might cause panic, helplessness, or embarrassment.

What is Agoraphobia
500

What disorder is commonly known as "D.I.D"

Dissociative identity disorder

500

When both researcher and participants do not know they are in the experimental group

Double blind

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