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Dear Joel, The question should be asked as "behavior and/or cognition." This is standard for the DP Psychology course and has not changed. So, using memory as the "behavior" is fine. All of the examples you have given are totally...
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Hi John, does the new syllabus also accept cognitive processes as a behaviour? Isnt memory closely linked to decision-making? Thanks Joel
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Hi John The guide states that for Chemical Messengers, students need to know the role of one or more chemical messengers in human behaviour. I'm assuming students can't talk about memory for this question. I'm thinking about using...
Chemical messengers: Neurotransmitters
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Site authorYes. Please see my response to your other question.
Antonova (2011)