Abstract one: Do Acceptance and Mindfulness Moderate the Relationship Between Maladaptive Beliefs and Posttraumatic Distress? “Objective: Maladaptive pre- and posttraumatic beliefs are reliable predictors of distress in the wake of trauma. Acceptance and mindfulness skills may be associated with less distress in the presence of these beliefs, but few studies have explored these relationships. ThisContinueContinue reading “Summaries of research on Mindfulness”
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Philosophy on Education: “What is the biggest problem that the world today has?”
Recently in a class I was asked, “What is the biggest problem that the world today has?” My answer is was Education. Education is so important. Some of our defining abilities as humans are our ability to Speak, read and write. These enable us to learn from others past and present. What an amazing potentialContinueContinue reading “Philosophy on Education: “What is the biggest problem that the world today has?””
Dissociation of learned helplessness and fear conditioning in Mice: a mouse model of depression
Researchers discuss that an important element of Helplessness is its “transituationality”. Meaning that Helplessness conditioned in one environment is generalizable to other situations. Researchers wanted to separate helplessness from conditioned fear by testing for transituationality. They first conditioned mice with tail shocks to induce helplessness. Then after two days of shock conditioning the miceContinueContinue reading “Dissociation of learned helplessness and fear conditioning in Mice: a mouse model of depression”
Teaching and Learning in Elementary School
This article consists of reflection on 3 different author’s works that discuss teaching and learning in elementary school. 1. Reflection: Teaching Outside the Lines I can relate to Stinson’s childhood experience in school. Although for perhaps more complicated and involved reasons I was shy and afraid to leave my house. At school I was bulliedContinueContinue reading “Teaching and Learning in Elementary School”
The effect of neonatal Handling on the learned helplessness model of depression.
Researchers examined the effects of neonatal handling on learned helplessness (LH) in rats. They discuss prior research that showed a variety of benefits associated with neonatal handling such as improved escape latency and lower emotional reactivity. They express that rats who have been handled have a permanent augmentation of the glucocorticoid receptors in their hippocampi.ContinueContinue reading “The effect of neonatal Handling on the learned helplessness model of depression.”
Impairment of spatial learning and memory induced by learned helplessness and chronic mild stress.
This study examined the influence of learned helplessness (LH) and chronic mild stress (CMS) on spatial learning and memory in mice. Researchers indicate that the hippocampal complex plays an important role in many common psychiatric disorders, spatial awareness, and is also involved in LH which is similar to depression in humans. There were 6 groupsContinueContinue reading “Impairment of spatial learning and memory induced by learned helplessness and chronic mild stress.”
Divalproex Sodium (Depakote)
2019 Article where I explore the psychiatric drug Divalproex Sodium. Divalproex Sodium is a medication that is used as an anti-convulsant, antiepileptic, and mood stabilizer. Some common names include Depakote, Depakene, and Valproic Acid. Its chemical formula is C16H31NaO4. Divalproex Sodium is a fatty acid comprised of sodium valproate and valproic acid. When consumed theContinueContinue reading “Divalproex Sodium (Depakote)”
Attention Processing Theories and PTSD
The following is a literature review I wrote in 2017 on the subject of Top-Down and Bottom-up cognitive processing and PTSD. Our perception of the world around us is affected by our attention processing styles. Attention processing styles can be divided into top-down and bottom-up styles. (Avery, Dutt & Krichmar 2014) Bottom-up processing refers toContinueContinue reading “Attention Processing Theories and PTSD”
Logical Fallacies that affect our Society Today
Writen in 2016 this article explores logical fallacies and the 2016 Presidential Election. Our modern world is filled with all different kinds of people. As such it’s no surprise that there are disagreements in our society today. When examining today’s social problems it’s important to know what types of logical fallacies there are and whatContinueContinue reading “Logical Fallacies that affect our Society Today”
Effects of Concentration and Molecular Weight on Diffusion
A lab report from early 2016 when I was still a science newbie: Introduction: We attempted to discern what effect a solution’s molecular weight and concentration would have on its diffusion in an agar gel. Hypothesis: Liquids with higher concentration will disperse faster than liquids of low concentration in the agar. Liquids with high molecular weight will disperseContinueContinue reading “Effects of Concentration and Molecular Weight on Diffusion”
Using Psychological Principles in Daily Life
My writing skills have come along way! The following is a brief paper I wrote in 2016 for an Abnormal Psychology class: Throughout our daily lives we come across a wide variety of people. These people often times have varying perspectives on life and communicating with others that do not share out perspectives can beContinueContinue reading “Using Psychological Principles in Daily Life”
Ryan David Tuttle, M.A. 