Psych U4 Q's Thread!

[Anon123]

TCA, what type of anti-depressant is it;

-textbook says that it blocks the uptake of ONLY noradrenaline

-A+ notes AND my teacher's notes say that it blocks both the reuptake of serotonin and noradrenaline

help?

[REBORN]

2 sources > 1

[buzzwith]

TCA, what type of anti-depressant is it;

-textbook says that it blocks the uptake of ONLY noradrenaline

-A+ notes AND my teacher's notes say that it blocks both the reuptake of serotonin and noradrenaline

help?

I've read it somewhere that it was both.

[Russ]

What specific drug is it, because TCA is a huge class. In general they block both

[Anon123]

Thanks for the responses.

Can someone explain to me, the Psychological Contributing factors for Specific Phobia's, not quite sure I:
-really understand what is being said, all I really have is "Sees phobias as occurring because of repressed traumatic events or unconscious conflicts due to an attempt to repress unacceptable impulses"
-what exactly, I need to know... Oedipus complex, psychosexual stages?

[playsimme]

well psychological contributing factors include the behavioural model, cognitive model and psychodynamic model (the fucked up one)

erm behavioural basically is like a phobia is acquired via Classical and maintained via negative reinforcement
the cognitive model is basically cognitive bias (flawed thinking which exacerbates symptoms) memory bias, attentional bias, interpretative bias, thinking catastrophically
and the screwed up one is just how people APPARENTLY develop sexual feelings towards their parents during the phallic stage of development leading to anger because you're jealous of your dad coz u can never have your mum bahaha LOL
thus the anger becomes transposed to foreign objects and irrelevant stuff if not dealt with and remedied successfully. sif you can't understand it, it makes so much sense?
/not sarcasm

[playsimme]

and i think it's called the electra complex for females, and the oedipal complex for males. it's basically repression gone wrong. i'm pretty sure you don't need to go into too much depth..

[Camo]

and i think it's called the electra complex for females, and the oedipal complex for males. it's basically repression gone wrong. i'm pretty sure you don't need to go into too much depth..

I did this on my SAC before, its one of those things that proves in-depth knowledge, and yes you are right.
Oedipal complex for male towards their mums, and Electra Complex for females towards their dads.

[Anon123]

I was more confused with what we had to know, ie. every psycho sexual stage in detail -_-

[Zafaraaaa]

Help pleasee

What is the major problem with a statistical approach to defining normality?

Describe two types of allostatic overload.

and if possible, can someone pleaseeee give me real life examples for those horrid 4 types of partial reinforcement (i.e. fixed-ratio schedule, fixed-interval, variable-ratio and variable interval)

Thanks sooooo much in advance!!

[Camo]

Help pleasee

What is the major problem with a statistical approach to defining normality?

Describe two types of allostatic overload.

and if possible, can someone pleaseeee give me real life examples for those horrid 4 types of partial reinforcement (i.e. fixed-ratio schedule, fixed-interval, variable-ratio and variable interval)

Thanks sooooo much in advance!!

Allostatis Load can be linked with war, and I guess continued health issues. (High levels of radiation causing brain tumours, thyroid cancer, continuously). Not entirely sure.

[playsimme]

Help pleasee

What is the major problem with a statistical approach to defining normality?

Describe two types of allostatic overload.

and if possible, can someone pleaseeee give me real life examples for those horrid 4 types of partial reinforcement (i.e. fixed-ratio schedule, fixed-interval, variable-ratio and variable interval)

Thanks sooooo much in advance!!

Fixed interval: getting a candy every 5 minutes of running
Fixed ratio: getting a candy every 5 laps of running
Variable interval: getting a candy at a completely random time in a  1hour cycle of running
Variable ratio: getting a candy after a random lap every 50 lap cycle

basically variable is just RANDOM but ultimately if you average it out, you'll get one eventually in a period of time or response.

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Can someone please explain the difference between confounding and extraneous variables? I HALF get it, but a clear nice explanation would be great to settle my uncertainties

[MeLucky]

Help pleasee
Describe two types of allostatic overload.

Two types of allostatic load include:
Repeated exposure to multiple stressors in a relatively short period of time that result in overexposure to stress hormones, leading to wear and tear on the body(allostatic load). An example of this could be on the day of the psych exam. You wake up late and realise you might not make it in time for the exam so you rush gathering all your equipment and quickly put it in your bag. You drive to school, still worried about being late and when you arrive at school you realise you forgot to bring your bag. Failz.
You've been exposed to multiple stressors that have occurred in relatively quick succession. Just as the first stressor has been dealt with, a new stressor has re-activated your stress response. If this happens multiple times, it will lead to allostatic overload.
Prolonged allostatic response to an encountered stressor after the stressor has passed. By having an increased length of exposure to the allostatic response, the recovery process is delayed. It is the increased length of the allostatic response that results in allostatic overload.

[playsimme]

Can someone please explain the difference between confounding and extraneous variables?

A clear explanation would be good.. anyone?

[REBORN]

An EV [may] have an effect - a CV [does] have an effect