AP Psych Week 2

In my opinion the biological approach is the most concrete due to the fact that it can be proven scientifically. Genetics is a a branch of biology and determine almost all factors of an offspring's body and mind.  To say one has more fat cells in their body makes sense due to heredity from the parents and genetics because thats how they were born.  When the subject was stated about the level of weight dropping below a certain weight causing the hunger to increase and metabolism to slow down makes sense as well.  To say it's evolutionarily required to survive is kind of skewed.  Although a "healthier" weight is better than a "skinnier" weight, the concept of obesity can cause many levels of sickness and physical restrictions.  The one thing I disagree with is how obesity is determined more commonly by BMI.  Many NFL players are considered "obese" through BMI tests yet they are some of the most physicaly fit athletes around?  A metabolism is a genetic trait that is different for everyone as well. One person cant just simply change their metabolism as they please?  If we could, i dont think the level of obesity would be anywhere near what it is now because people would self-regulate their metabolisms and simply eat whatever they please and not change physically whatsoever.  Either way, I feel the biological approach is the most concrete because it can be scientifically proven.  The Evolutionary approach is kind of skewed because a heavier person can experience more and more physical and health issues if they "store more energy" than they spend.  The sociocultural approach can be somewhat concrete because of the influence our environment has upon us.

Another approach I feel might provide more rationale for obesity as well is the humanistic approach.  We grow up, just as Mr. Womack stated, learning to "clean our plates" and that the older the subject, the more they tend to eat because of how they were raised through both their parents and their environment.  So by default we feel the urge to finish everything we are given no matter the serving size provided.  Another approach I feel would also provide a rationale is the cognitive approach.  The human mind can control its eating habits if its really determined too.  I feel sometimes, that people just dont care enough to "take care of themselves" and watch what they eat so they gain weight and after a while become overweight and maybe obese because of it.

AP Psych Week 1 Part 1

In my opinion, judging by the fact that the purely thought out concept of her being possessed by Satan and having the symbol “666” inscribed upon her head cannot be proven nor scientifically explained, I have to believe this was not true.  I find that, the family genetics behind her actions and behavior, influence what she does every day and in this case what she has done to her children as well.  Being so, I believe the family level of this psychoanalysis explains her actions, since these symptoms and sought actions can be and most of the time are, genetic between generations and siblings.  I firmly stand by my opinion not only due to the science that has proven this to be true but because there are other examples of this as well such as the case of Jeffrey Dahmer. Jeffrey was a fellow Ohioan, after moving here around the age of six. He was eventually diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder shortly after his mom was hospitalized for anxiety.  Anxiety can lead to such disorders and can explain Dahmer’s actions due to the genetic relation of anxiety between his mom and him.  Also, not only does genetics come into play but the blatant concept that Andrea’s doctor took her off her medicine that was keeping her under control and her husband even complained and better for her to be put back on it.  I don’t understand why she was taken off of it in the first place if her kept her sane but at the same time I felt the psychiatrist was trying to make sure her medicine for one wouldn’t become addictive and two so she wouldn’t build up an immunity to it maybe.  All I can say is, I feel there is no true level of this psychoanalysis that completely explains Andrea’s actions to full potential separated as they may be but genetics I feel plays a majority in the full case of Andrea Yates.