VCE Psychology Unit 3 Notes. Covering consciousness and memory Consciousness Chapter 2 -‐ States of Consciousness • OVERVIEW Concepts of normal waking consciousness and altered states of consciousness including daydreaming and alcohol-‐induced‚ in terms of levels of awareness‚ content limitations‚ controlled and automatic processes‚ perceptual and cognitive distortions‚
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)‚ a disorder found in around 1 in 68 American children (CDC‚ 2014)‚ appears in early brain development. Children with this illness usually have irregularities in brain parts such as the corpus callosum‚ amygdala and cerebellum. They face challenges in the following main areas: behavioral‚ developmental‚ cognitive and psychological. It is hard for these children to interact and communicate with other people because they often close themselves off and have hard times understanding
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)‚ also known as attention deficit disorder (ADD)‚ is a mental disorder that most often occurs in children. Symptoms of ADHD include trouble concentrating‚ paying attention‚ staying organized‚ and remembering details. With the insurmountable number of children that are being diagnosed and a continued increase in numbers‚ teachers need to be able to address this disorder and implement measures to ensure that students’ needs are met academically. The
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Soc Sci 14 Tinapay‚ Angeli Louise G. Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental process. They share a keen interest in behavior‚ but they may differ markedly in other ways. They engage in research‚ practice and teaching. Psychologists are found in number of specialties. And there are different fields of psychology‚ like Clinical Psychologists‚ Counseling Psychologists‚ School Psychologists‚ Educational Psychologists‚ Developmental Psychologists‚ Personality Psychologists
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NERVOUS SYSTEM The human body’s activities are regulated by two systems – the nervous system and the endocrine system. Although both systems control body functions‚ their methods differ. The nervous system is the body’s information gatherer‚ storage center and control system. Its primary function is to collect information about the external conditions in relation to the body’s external state‚ to analyze this information‚ and to initiate appropriate responses to satisfy certain needs; the most
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Mental Duality Everyone is familiar with the famous Rubin face-vase drawing‚ a black and white print in which one can simultaneously perceive faces by focusing on the black ink or a vase by focusing on the white. If I announce that this is a picture of a vase‚ am I right? However you announce you see a picture of two faces‚ are you right? Who’s right? Are we both right? Or are we both wrong? Is it right and wrong; good and evil? I believe neurobiological research‚ as well as personal anecdotal
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Effects of Child Abuse Growing up is an essential time for children because they look to their parents for safety‚ love‚ security‚ support‚ understanding‚ and nurturance. In addition‚ children learn a lot about relationships‚ life‚ models of good behavior‚ and early attachments are formed. When child abuse occurs in the home‚ it has a major impact on the child that drastically changes the family dynamic and trust is violated within the child. The impact the abuse on the child may be present for
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Hemispheric disconnection and unity in conscious awareness - Sperry 1968. Evaluation In 1968 the neuropsychologist conducted a study into split brain patients while working at the California Institute of Technology. Previously he had carried out research similar to this‚ in the1950s‚ splitting the brains of cats and monkeys. It was during this research that he realise3d that you could teach one of the hemispheres a task‚ while keeping the other hemisphere unaware of the information learned. This
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Auditory agnosia is a form of agnosia that manifests primarily in the inability to recognize or differentiate between sounds. It is not a defect of the ear‚ but a neurological inability of the brain to process what the sound means. It is a disruption of the "what" pathway in the brain. [1] Persons with auditory agnosia can physically hear the sounds and describe them using unrelated terms‚ but are unable to recognize them. They might describe the sound of some environmental sounds‚ such as a motor
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Impact Learning The cerebral cortex of the brain is broken down into two hemispheres‚ and is involved in various rational functions (Parsons and Osherson‚ 2001). The two subdivided hemispheres are connected by a thick band of nerve fibers‚ called corpus callosum‚ which are responsible for sending information between the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex (Freed‚ 1998). The right‚ as well as
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