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Explain the role of adrenaline in the fight or flight response.

The fight or flight repsponse is part of the autonomic nervous system in which the body reacts to stressful environmental triggers. adrenaline is the prominent hormone in this response. Adrenaline activat...

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Outline ways in which behaviourists can treat phobias.

One popular way of treating phobias is by systematic desensitisation which is based on the principle of classical conditioning. It involves creating an anxiety hierarchy and using relaxation techniques to...

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How do I improve at close reading?

The key to successfully analysing a piece of writing - whether it's a poem, or a play, or a passage of prose - is to "read" from the large to the small.This means that you should first consider ...

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A curve has equation y = (x-1)e^(-3x). The curve has a stationary point M. Show that the x-coordinate of M is 4/3.

(In the following answer, y' denotes dy/dx, i.e. the derivative of y with respect to x, where y is a function of

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"The Forms teach us nothing about the physical world" How would you introduce this essay?

The 2 main things which are NEEDED for a A/A* introduction in a Religious Education essay are the following -
Give contextual information:Imperfection to Plato was that everything in our world change...

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