<p>Well, for the circadian rhythm question, I wrote that her new school might start earlier than her previous school, which would disrupt her circadian rhythm and cause her to be tired for the first week and a half of school. People would thus perceive her as an unfriendly and boring person.</p>
<p>What did you write for the in-group bias thing?</p>
<p>is this considered contradicting yourself?</p>
<p>on part 2 i wasnt sure if schizo was caused by lack of or too much dopamine. so for one of the bullets i said the cause was due to lack of, but for the medicine i put that it inhibits dopamine. will this cancel out both answers?</p>
<p>hmm i dont know....i think you can get the point for the medicine, i think it only counts as contradictory if you put it right next to each other. like if you said, "schizophrenia is caused by too much dopamine. too little dopamine causes schizophrenia" or something like that. but because you were addressing two separate parts of the question i think you should be able to get the medicine point.</p>
<p>what did you guys put for mnemonic device for ellie?</p>
<p>I wrote that she could use chunking to group the names of her new classmates by the classes they attend with her. This would help her to remember the names, which would in turn help her make new friends.</p>
<p>In-group bias??</p>
<p>I feel really bad. I said that anti-schizophrenic drugs (antipsychotics) could come in the form of dopamine reuptake enhancers. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a dopamine reuptake enhancer. The antipsychotics are really D2 receptor blockers. </p>
<p>I also said that the dopamine hypothesis of schzophrenia was supported by the evidence that amphetamines often triggered "amphetamine psychosis" - merely by boosting the brain dopamine levels (dopamine reuptake inhibitors). </p>
<p>For side effects, I said that antipsychotics are often unselective and decrease dopamine in the nigrostriatal pathway - where it can cause symptoms similar to Parkinson's Disease. I also put down tardive dyskinesia as one of the side effects. I didn't mention that the most effective drugs are the ones that affect the mesolimbic pathway.. Oh, and weight gain and possible lack of stimulation (antipsychotics are the opposite of amphetamines - there are some scary reports of their effects on erowid.org).</p>
<p>I actually read <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine_hypothesis_of_schizophrenia%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine_hypothesis_of_schizophrenia</a> a number of months ago. It was enough to own the question.</p>
<p>Btw, how many people put in "hallucinations" as the answer to the first FRQ? :p I just put in "delusions" and "sensory illusions" but I don't think i explicitly used the word hallucination.</p>
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As for Ellie and mnemonics - that question was weird - I put in that Ellie could use them as an aid in memorizing the names of her classmates and that her some of her classmates would be happy that a newcomer remembered something special about them. The Ellie prompt was weird at the start - because many of the "help/hinder" terms are really more relevant to other branches of psychology (definitely not social psychology)</p>
<p>I didn't go into any specifics about mnemonics though (such as chunking) - the problem was that the question didn't ask for specifics (and discouraged us from just repeating their definitions).</p>
<p>==
In group bias was the easiest (and one of only two terms that was actually relevant to social psychology) - simply that people are more biased towards people who they are familiar with.</p>
<p>oh i put how the other club members may have already formed a clique and would refuse to include her and because of the in-group bias, could see her as an outsider and treat her worse.</p>
<p>something like that.</p>
<p>I accidentally talked about out-group homogeinity. Oh well, one point won't ruin my score. Anyone know when the scoring guindelines for the 2007 FR will be released online?</p>
<p>Yah, for the in-group bias, I wrote that the other club members may have already formed their own group, and that if Ellie didn't fit their standards, they might reject her because of their preconceived notions, possible ethnocentrism, etc.</p>
<p>i dont think they do that until they actually grade them.</p>
<p>Oh WOW.
I guessed Circadian Rhythm one, and the dopamine effect, and apparently I got them right.
I think I did MUCH BETTER in FRQ than MC.
What did everyone wrote for Regression? I wrote "She might have trouble getting use to the new situation/environment that she will want to go back to her old school where she felt much more comfortable."
Hope it is right, because I guessed this one too.</p>
<p>I would like to know what ppl wrote for the Schacter Two Factor theory. I thought that one was kinda weird...</p>
<p>hit or miss</p>
<p>For the Schachter two-factor theory, I wrote that if people cognitively labeled Ellie as somebody generally negative, it would ultimately affect their emotions about her, and they wouldn't want to be her friend.</p>
<p>wasn't two-factor theory under the "help" portion?? </p>
<p>I wrote that she would be able to make people label a "happy" emotion for her actions like hugging. </p>
<p>Also for circadian rhythm, I wasn't sure so I described the sleep cycle (waves, etc) and then said "it repeats itself, in a circle...just like the students may do. They may stay in their respective "circle" of friends" </p>
<p><em>shrug</em></p>
<p>Oh. If it was, then I wrote that if they cognitively labeled her as a positive person, their emotions would be so affected, and they would want to be around her. :P Goes both ways, really.</p>
<p>For circadian rhythms, I wrote that Ellie might be a late-night sleeper and may oversleep and miss her Psychology Club meeting, hence precluding her opportunities to make new friendships, and I also said that even if she doesn't oversleep, if she reaches to the meeting too early (than her body is normally used to), then she will probably be drowsy and not be alert enough to enjoy her interactions with the other club members, hence affecting her chances of forming new friendships.</p>
<p>I know, I know. I'm the grand mistress of bs... and I think I more described a biological clock than a circadian rhythm.</p>
<p>The circadian rhythm IS a biological clock. :P</p>
<p>Is the circadian rhythm a biological clock, or is a biological clock a circadian rhythm? Anywhoo, rpgaction... that's what I was thinking. But I felt since they said "circadian rhythm" they just wanted us to talk about jet lag and stuff.</p>
<p>For circadian rhythm I honest to god wrote that Ellie lived in an African tribe where they slept during the day and were active at night and now that she moved to the U.S. where its backwards her circadian rhythm couldn't adjust itself so she slept during the day and was active at night so she missed her psychology club meetings which were during the day so she couldn't make friends. THAT TOTALLY COUNTS RIGHT?</p>
<p>For in-group bias I mixed the definition of that with out group homogeneity. I wrote that the psych club would see their own group as more diverse and desirable than others who aren't. Will I get points for this?</p>
<p>For Schacter Two-Factor I wrote that Ellie walked into the group and felt her heart beating really fast and labeled it as happiness so she experience emotions of happiness that put her in a good mood that the psych club would want to be around. I think this would score.</p>
<p>For a risk of schizophrenia medication I wrote that there was a risk of overdose and death as a result, as with any drug. Will this score?</p>