Assignment: Brain Chemicals and Transmitter Substances
Fundamentals of Psychology
Brain Chemicals and Transmitter Substances
Write a 1-2 page essay explaining the role that biology plays in the development of mood disorders, including one's genetic vulnerability and the effects of different levels of brain chemicals and transmitter substances; define the term endogenous; and discuss the following psychological explanations for mood disorders:
a. the psychoanalytic theory of repressed anger;
b. the behavioral theory of learned helplessness;
c. the cognitive theory that emphasizes self-defeating thinking patterns; and
d. the effects of social and environmental stresses.
Proper APA formatting is a requirement for all essay assignments.
Cite at least three educational sources (one source may include the course textbook) in the essay.