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Gaelyn Dent

Duke University
Facilitator of a Trauma Education Development Talk

Biography

I am a senior majoring in neuroscience with and psychology minor. My focus is primarily in trauma and the education around the subject. My main goal is to make classrooms more accessible to students of all backgrounds by creating a learning environment that learns to work with it not in spite of it.

Education

BA Neuroscience(Psychology Minor)
Duke University

Educator Statistics

Numerade tutor for 5 years
8 Students Helped

Topics Covered

Process of Learning and Classical Conditioning
Operant vs. Classical Conditioning: Insights for Behavior Modification
Cognitive Learning
Psychological Disorders: Perspective, Diagnosis & Classification
Anxiety Disorders
Mood Disorders
The Incredible Power of the Nervous System: Understanding its Functions

Gaelyn's Textbook Answer Videos

02:14
Myers' Psychology for AP

Junita does not feel like getting out of bed, has lost her appetite, and feels tired for most of the day. Which of the following neurotransmitters likely is in short supply for Junita?
a. Dopamine
b. Serotonin
c. Norephinephrine
d. Acetylcholine
e. Glutamate

Chapter 9: Biological Psychology and Neurotransmission
Gaelyn Dent
03:59
Myers' Psychology for AP

Neurotransmitters cross the _____ to carry information to the next neuron.
a. synaptic gap
b. axon
c. myelin sheath
d. dendrites
e. cell body

Chapter 9: Biological Psychology and Neurotransmission
Gaelyn Dent
02:40
Barron's AP Psychology

Which of the following is not an anxiety disorder?
(A) obsessive-compulsive disorder
(B) conversion disorder
(C) zoophobia
(D) post-traumatic stress disorder
(E) panic disorder

Chapter 12: Abnormal Psychology
Gaelyn Dent
03:52
Barron's AP Psychology

All schizophrenics suffer from
(A) depression.
(B) multiple personalities.
(C) flat affect
(D) distorted thinking.
(E) delusions of persecution.

Chapter 12: Abnormal Psychology
Gaelyn Dent
05:38
Barron's AP Psychology

Linda's neighbors describe her as typically shy and mild mannered. She seems to be a devoted wife and mother to her husband and three children. Unbeknownst to these neighbors, Linda sometimes dresses up in flashy, revealing clothing and goes to bars to pick up strange men. At such times, she is boisterous and overbearing. She tells everyone she meets that her name is Jen. At other times, when she is upset, Linda slips into childlike behavior and responds only to the name Sally. Linda is suffering from a
(A) schizophrenic disorder
(B) mood disorder
(C) dissociative disorder.
(D) somatoform disorder
(E) psychosexual disorder

Chapter 12: Abnormal Psychology
Gaelyn Dent
04:48
Barron's AP Psychology

All of the following are biomedical explanations for schizophrenia EXCEPT
(A) double binds
(B) brain asymmetries.
(C) the dopamine hypothesis.
(D) a genetic predisposition.
(E) enlarged brain ventricles.

Chapter 12: Abnormal Psychology
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