- Explain how neurons communicate in the most detail you can. Hit all the critical points from neurotransmitters attaching and opening ion channels to what happens at the terminal button and everything in between. Include electric and chemical components of communication.
- Why is nature/nurture; genes/experience thinking inaccurate? Explain and
include examples and evidence to support your claims. Tell me everything you
know about epigenetics.
Part 2 ( Chapters 9,10,15.1-15.6,15.14-15.20)
- A heroin addict goes on the show intervention and agrees to go to rehab. If after 4
months they are clean and sober, would you recommend that they move back to the
house they lived in before? Why would you recommend (Yes or No). Explain using
the Opponent Process Theory. - Describe in detail the development capabilities of a cell as it goes from totipotent
to unipotent. Using research discussing disorders, list why each of the
stages are special and how might they be used in the research?
Part 3 (Chapter 16,18) Plus 4 articles)
- Why did cerebral lateralization of function evolve? Summarize the theoretical
evolutionary perspectives in your own words. Is there any evidence to support the
theories? Explain the evidence at both the individual and population level and cite the article - In your own words describe the neurogenic theory of depression and why SSRI’s
might work but might not be the best solution to the problem using the framework you read from the articles Specifically, give evidence for the neurogenic of depression, again from one of the articles. (towards the end)
