Ricki Lewis’s The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It tells the tale of gene therapy’s rocky road from a wild idea people considered to be a “daydream” to a growing field providing lucky individuals with treatment to prevent their life-shattering genetic diseases. In her novel, Lewis discusses two major biological concepts: mutation and gene expression. To give the reader the molecular basis for genetic disorders, mutation is briefly addressed.…
Psychology allows people to analyze different parts of cognitive thinking and human behavior. While these process are important to understand humans, they also aid in helping Christians understand how God created us. There are many psychological processes that help deepen understanding of God, but a specific aspect of psychology that can be analyzed is emotional regulation. Scientifically, emotions are positive or negative experiences that are associated with a particular pattern of physiological activity (316). One can look back on their own life and think of times where they were very happy and times where they were very sad.…
When a coin is tossed into the air one can never accurately predict which side will show its face, we can make predictions and assumptions of the altitude it shall rotate and change its fate but we will never truly know until it lands. This reminds me of the unpredictable reactions in human beings when a difficult situation bares its ugly head. Delve closer on a psychological view and we will see the relationship that the brain has with one’s self, communicating by sending out chemical information from one neuron or nerve cell to another; allowing daily functions such as generating movement, speaking, listening, regulating the systems of the body, thinking and most importantly in this argument; feeling. Sure you can say certain situations evoke selected emotions, emotions enable us to react to situations whether it be with anger, fear, happiness, jealousy and so on but as an…
Paul MacLean 1913 - 2007) (see Appendix A), we can see how the brain is technically divided into three main parts which are the lizard (reptilian; most primitive; emotional threat system), mammal (limbic: more evolved; emotional drive system) and human (neocortex; most evolved; emotional soothing system). Building on that theory, Gilbert shows how understanding the evolution of our brain and its different functions we can learn that there are innate survival responses and defences within us that are activated or triggered through unconscious habitual memory as we navigate through life. Psycho-education in CFT explains that we have three basic emotional regulation systems (see Appendix B), which are threat, drive and soothing, each with its own set of…
Developmental Analysis Introduction For this development analysis, I observed the physical, and cognitive development in children Jefferson Elementary in a first-grade class. For this analysis, I will be referring to my target student by the name of John. My observation hours where done between 9:30 and 12 o’clock on Mondays and Wednesdays with children between the ages of six and seven. During my observation time, I notice the different changes their bodies go through by observing their fine motor skills, and gross motor skills.…
Primary emotions such as fear, sadness, and anger, are easily confused with each other due to the similar instinctive facial characteristics. This activity educated me on the history of emotional recognition throughout the studies provided from many past psychologists that classify these emotions…
The Power of Pathos In the words of Vincent Van Goh, “Let’s not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it” (Guillemets). Emotions guide people through life like a compass in a similar fashion to how a compass guides a sailor on his voyage. This emotional compass leads us in the path of an ultimately unknown yet assumed destination in life and we follow it blindly every day. In the good times and the bad, emotional experiences and relationships tend to be more memorable and important to people than those with less emotional connections.…
This week’s reading made me introspect about my personal opinions and emotions during crucial conversations. Honestly, I was taken aback when Patterson Grenny, McMillan, and Switzler(2012) discussed we, ourselves are the reason to create emotions that upset us (frustration, anger, fear, and insult). Further, the authors discuss that once these emotions are created we either act on them or be acted on by them (p.104). Last week, I faced a not-so-pleasant situation with one of the certified nursing assistant(CNA) in my facility.…
I decided to write about Chapter 12 “Emotions, Stress, and Health” because I can relate to the content of this chapter. I am a very emotional person, who tends to become very stressed out quickly. I am interested in better understanding my emotions and stress. Before reading the chapter, I have a few questions I hope to get answered. How do psychologists classify someone as overemotional or having a weird emotion, when emotions are unique to each person?…
What determines Will’s personality – nature or nurture? I believe that nurture (environment) determines Will’s personality after all. In the film, it never talked about his true parents; instead the portrayal of his childhood events resolves the riddle why he carried such personality. Moreover, Freud emphasized that heredity is not enough to structure the personality because developing personality requires environmental effects and takes time to travel along from infancy to elder years with one’s self-determination. What is more, Freud also said that our body size may be greatly determined by biological information inherited by our parents, but our learning experience during childhood is what counts in shaping our personality.…
Farkhanda Wajibul SOCU 306 Week 3 Assignment 1 March 20, 2016 Case Study Personality development is quite an interesting focus. After all, personality is the complex cluster of mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics that distinguish a person as an individual (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2016, p.114).…
A biological factor would be physiology; it is the internal, biological mechanisms. To have a clear understanding of what emotion is, a specific focus needs to be studied such as the theories and the studies that go with them. A biological factor of emotion would be…
Psychology Paper 2 Toddler Emotions Toddler’s emotions are the external reactions of the feelings the child is experiencing within this can expressed with many different emotions. Such as a smile showing happiness after eating in as young as first born. Scientific studies show emotions have been proven to be genetic in specific types of genes. “Researchers have found that the 7-repeat allele of the DRD4 VNTR gene, when combine with the 5-HTTLPR genotype, results in 6-months-olds who are difficult- they cry often, are hard to distract, and are slow to laugh”(Homboe et al.,2011). The parent not having the knowledge of understanding if their child does have this gene being mindful of why the feel and act certain way when they expressing emotion.…
How does Nature vs. Nurture Impact an Individual in their Adulthood? Do you ever ask yourself why you may act like your mom or dad? It is simply the result of the early childhood environment. The environment and how children are raised plays an important role on the impact of a person in their adulthood. The nature vs. nurture controversy to understand how our personalities and traits are produced by our genes and biological factors, and how these traits are shaped by our environment, including our parents, peers, and culture.…
Sociology – Unit 2 Assignment Unit 2 Assignment is worth 50 points Assignment - Chapters Three and Four Part I - Discuss the "nature versus nurture" argument and provide support for each aspect of the controversy. “Nature versus nurture” is a concept within psychology whereby the extend of which aspects of behavior is inherited or acquired. Human behavior is largely influenced bu both of these factors when it comes to behavior. There are characteristics that we inherit and others that we develop, depending on or environment and experiences.…