AQA AS Psychology Paper 2, 23 May 2016 Opinions. UNOFFICIAL MARK SCHEME

There won't be a 12 marker on biopsychology right?

Reply 201

Can anyone explain how the basal ganglia and the orbitofrontal cortex is related to OCD?
I understand that the caudate nucleus in the basal ganglia suppresses signals from the orbitofrontal cortex and the worrying signals are sent to the thalamus.
However, I don't understand what happens when the caudate nucleus is damaged.

Reply 202

Original post by adelemaexo

There won't be a 12 marker on biopsychology right?

There could possibly be one on the fight or flight response.

Reply 203

saynarda

Original post by angellll

Can anyone explain how the basal ganglia and the orbitofrontal cortex is related to OCD?
I understand that the caudate nucleus in the basal ganglia suppresses signals from the orbitofrontal cortex and the worrying signals are sent to the thalamus.
However, I don't understand what happens when the caudate nucleus is damaged.

?????????????????????? I've not heard of any of that, are you sure we need that information.

Reply 204

Original post by saynarda

?????????????????????? I've not heard of any of that, are you sure we need that information.

In my textbook by Mike Cardwell and Cara Flanagan, it comes underneath the topic of the biological approach to explaining OCD.

Reply 205

adelemaexo

Original post by angellll

There could possibly be one on the fight or flight response.

Okay would this just be description? I thought you could only have a 12 mark question for description and evaluation

Reply 206

Original post by adelemaexo

Okay would this just be description? I thought you could only have a 12 mark question for description and evaluation

This would be evaluation as well.

Reply 207

THESTRESS

Original post by angellll

In my textbook by Mike Cardwell and Cara Flanagan, it comes underneath the topic of the biological approach to explaining OCD.

could you please write a model answer for biological explanation of OCD...i need all the help i can get with that. also could you do some points for treatments

Reply 208

Original post by THESTRESS

could you please write a model answer for biological explanation of OCD...i need all the help i can get with that. also could you do some points for treatments

I need help on this myself, looool

Reply 209

THESTRESS

Original post by angellll

This would be evaluation as well.

how would you evaluate it?

Reply 210

Original post by THESTRESS

how would you evaluate it?

I think there has already been a response to this a couple of pages back.

Reply 211

saynarda

They won't ask you to evaluate the flight or fight response, only outline.
Also does anyone know if they will ask us to debrief or anything along those lines.

Reply 212

ICDI

Original post by angellll

Can anyone explain how the basal ganglia and the orbitofrontal cortex is related to OCD?
I understand that the caudate nucleus in the basal ganglia suppresses signals from the orbitofrontal cortex and the worrying signals are sent to the thalamus.
However, I don't understand what happens when the caudate nucleus is damaged.

A damaged OFC means that minor worries are not suppressed, whereas if there were no damage they would be suppressed, so it leads to OCD

Reply 213

Mina_

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What do we need to know about the mergence of psychology as a science and the emergence of neuroscience??

Reply 214

THESTRESS

Original post by Mina_

What do we need to know about the mergence of psychology as a science and the emergence of neuroscience??

yes we do, so for its emergence as a science, talk through how the techniques of wundt, behaviourist apprach, cognitive approach, biological has changed...how they developed to focus on controllig in lab settings and objectivd methods. Add congitive neuroscience too, it combines biiology and congitive using tenchnology too...which is scientific

Reply 215

Rigby16

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Original post by angellll

Can anyone explain how the basal ganglia and the orbitofrontal cortex is related to OCD?
I understand that the caudate nucleus in the basal ganglia suppresses signals from the orbitofrontal cortex and the worrying signals are sent to the thalamus.
However, I don't understand what happens when the caudate nucleus is damaged.

The basal ganglia controls motor functions. Brain scans have shown that hypersensitivity in the basal ganglia leads to observable repetitive behaviours. a meta analysis of 10 studies of ocd by Rotge also shows that structural abnormalities of the basal ganglia leads to repetitive motor functions supporting the link between biological structures and their influence on OCD.

Reply 216

IRoranth

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Original post by saynarda

They won't ask you to evaluate the flight or fight response, only outline.
Also does anyone know if they will ask us to debrief or anything along those lines.

They could definitely ask you to write a debrief! I suggest you learn how to write one, it could get you an easy 5 marks.
Good luck :h:

Reply 217

SM98.x