What are the 3 ingredients for psychopathology as described by Fallon? Why has Fallon been able to temper his behavior, while other people with similar genetics and brains turn violent and end up in prison?

Why is it significant that the MAOA gene is sex-linked; i.e., on the X chromosome?

What are the 3 ingredients for psychopathology as described by Fallon?

Why has Fallon been able to temper his behavior, while other people with similar genetics and brains turn violent and end up in prison?

Now, do a little research on your own:

The nature versus nurture debate is one of the oldest philosophical questions within psychology. Nature refers to all of the genes and hereditary factors that influence our actions. This ranges from our physical appearance to our personality traits. Nurture, on the other hand, is all the environmental variables that impact who we are, including our social relationships, childhood experiences, and the ways in which we were raised. Using your textbook and current research to support your opinion, discuss your views on the relative contributions of nature environment to psychopathology.

Watch: Jim Fallon: Exploring the Mind of a Killer

Explain why you think they are using that pricing strategy. Share how do prices compare with the prices for competing products?

Marketing Mix Assessment

Share specifically the demographic and other psychographic or behavioral characteristics for each target market such as age, gender, geography, income, lifestyles, interests, etc. Share a minimum of 3 characteristics for both the good and the service. Refer to chapter 11, section 3.
Identify the Price: The price of both the good and service is compared to competitors and a rationale for each pricing strategy is provided.
Share the pricing strategy for both the good and service. Are they trying to boost volume with penetration, every-day-low-price or high/low pricing? Or are they matching the competition; creating prestige; or getting a certain profit margin? Explain why you think they are using that pricing strategy.
Share how do prices compare with the prices for competing products?
Describe Promotion: The promotion strategy and messaging for both the good and service is provided along with an explanation of why that approach matches the target market.  Provide the following:

Write a paragraph-length response to receive credit for this assignment. Use your Soomo webtext as a resource. When you paraphrase the ideas that you read in the webtext, be sure to provide an in-text citation using the Strayer Writing Standards.

Smarter Decision Making through Psychology

Using what you have learned about the adolescent brain and social development in Chapter 3 of the webtext, answer the questions below to help Gloria understand why her son is making such poor choices, and pose some recommendations to help her solve her problem.
For each question, you should write a paragraph-length response to receive credit for this assignment. Use your Soomo webtext as a resource. When you paraphrase the ideas that you read in the webtext, be sure to provide an in-text citation using the Strayer Writing Standards.

Explain these aspects of the drug in terms of the psychiatric disorders indicated for the drug and the issue(s) associated with that use.

Select a psychoactive drug that is of pharmacological interest to you, but not one you will review as part of your Critical Review. For this paper, you may choose drugs of abuse; however, the paper must focus on the pharmacology of the drug and not on the social or addictive aspects. If you focus on addiction and social impact, your paper will not receive credit.

In your Rapid Review, analyze and explain the pharmacological aspects of the drug as they relate to the following: neurotransmitters affected, receptors, route of administration, half-life, doses, side effects, drug interactions, contraindications, and other important facets of the drug.

Explain these aspects of the drug in terms of the psychiatric disorders indicated for the drug and the issue(s) associated with that use. If there is no accepted therapeutic use for the drug, evaluate and describe the actions of the drug with regard to the abuse process.

Write a 700-750-word essay that provides a recommendation on how an individual would recognize stressors and would be able to manage or adjust to life’s challenges based on the results.

Psychology

Complete the Holmes-Raye Life Stress Inventory and Perceived Stress Questionnaire either yourself or administer it to an anonymous person in order to evaluate the results. Next, write a 700-750-word essay that provides a recommendation on how an individual would recognize stressors and would be able to manage or adjust to life’s challenges based on the results. You do not need to include the results of the questionnaire but you need to reference them in your essay.

Links to these resources are also in the Class Resources folder.

Holmes-Raye Life Stress Inventory

Holmes- Rahe Stress Inventory

or http://www.compassionfatigue.org

Perceived Stress Questionnaire

http://www.mindgarden.com/132-perceived-stress-scale#horizontalTab3

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Evaluate the employment of psychoactive drugs from the aspects of a risk-benefits analysis and ethical considerations such as the risk of addiction versus the cost of punitive action.

Issues Behind Addictive Drug Use
Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read the required chapters from the text and review the required articles for this week. Humans have engaged in psychoactive drug use, sometimes in formal settings and sometimes recreationally, since before recorded history. It has only been in the last century or so that abuse and addiction have become large-scale problems. Using the literature and your own insights into these issues, formulate an argument as to why the problem has reached its current scale.

In your discussion, evaluate the employment of psychoactive drugs from the aspects of a risk-benefits analysis and ethical considerations such as the risk of addiction versus the cost of punitive action. Also explain purely pharmacological issues such as pharmacokinetics and routes of drug administration and dose. If needed, include factors such as supply, cultural attitudes to drug use, and the context of drug use.

What are your most vivid memories of childhood? What accomplishments and struggles have you experienced as a young adult or up to this point? How have you changed and how have you remained stable at this point in your life?

General psychology course project

Purpose To measure students’ ability to: Explain major psychological concepts, theories, and perspectives. Apply psychological concepts to personal, social, and organizational problems. Use information literacy skills to locate appropriate relevant community resources and materials to create an informative essay.  In the essay, you will need to choose one of the following options: Future Career- Identify your future career and why you have chosen it, and then explain how what you have learned in psychology will enhance your career and life. Apply Psychology to your personal life- How will you use psychology in a specific area in your life?

Self-Analysis- Self-analysis about what you remember about your developmental history. What was significant at various points in your life ? What events have most influenced and impacted you? What influences do you feel have been the strongest, and why? What are your most vivid memories of childhood? What accomplishments and struggles have you experienced as a young adult or up to this point? How have you changed and how have you remained stable at this point in your life?