"When a person glimpses the face of a famous actor‚ sniffs a favourite food or hears the voice of a friend‚ recognition is instant. Within a fraction of a second after the eyes‚ nose‚ ears‚ tongue or skin is stimulated‚ one knows the object is familiar and whether it is desirable or dangerous. How does such recognition‚ which psychologists call preattentive perception‚ happen so accurately and quickly‚ even when the stimuli are complex and the context in which they arise varies? Much is known about
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D1 – Non-Graphical Event Driven Applications D1 requires you to be able to evaluate the suitability of event driven programs for non-graphical applications… Introduction Many electrical devices are “event driven”. An event simply means an input or output. For example‚ a computer is programmed to respond to a mouse click‚ or a keyboard press. When this event (input) happens‚ an action (output) will occur‚ for example opening of a window‚ or text appearing on a word processor. However some
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Running: Effects on the Psychological and Physiological That day‚ for no particular reason‚ I decided to go for a little run. So‚ I ran to the end of the road‚ and when I got there‚ I thought maybe I ’d run to the end of town. And when I got there‚ I thought maybe I ’d just run across Greenbow County. And I figured since I run this far‚ maybe I ’d just run across the great state of Alabama. And that ’s what I did. I ran clear across Alabama. For no particular reason‚ I just kept on going. I ran
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Fear is an emotion that is extremely common among every species‚ but does it affect the body and not just the brain? How does one person react to the rush of chemicals in the brain all stemmed from being afraid? Fear is often linked to “stress” and “stress” is often linked to many medical conditions. Being afraid can cause large adrenaline rushes that cause strange side affects. Fear goes under many names‚ anxiety‚ panic‚ and horror all different branches from fear. Fear can also effect different
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Schizophrenia PSY 350: Physiological Psychology Instructor: Danielle Carr March 18‚ 2014 Schizophrenia The human body is made of different organs that collaborate to control the normal functioning of the brain. If this region organ is‚ affected poor functioning of the body can be experienced since the brain controls all other organs. Disorders of the brain may develop due to physical injuries to the head‚ accidents‚ hereditary or due to some harmful environmental conditions
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The Dangers of Physiological Diagnosis Author: Ljupco Duzlevski Student Number: 500457454 In the new field of psychiatry there are conflicting beliefs when it comes to diagnosis of a mental illness. In its infancy‚ in the nineteen-sixties‚ diagnosis was made difficult based on the different criteria used by each professional. (Spiegel‚ 2005) This changed with the invention of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)‚ which gave all doctors a checklist of criteria
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The Commission of Higher Education has published the Memorandum Order number 14 series of 2009 which focuses on the new policies and to make new standards for the course Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). The new CHED order has emphasized that the BSN course should be competence-based and community-oriented. It is a pre-requisite that nursing graduates must not only obtain such degree‚ but must be competent in various fields. The nurse must be competent in the following Key Areas of Responsibility
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Unit 14 Assignment – Working with children with special needs E1) explain the social model and the medical model of disability The ‘Social Model’ states that all children have individual needs but also has strengths‚ skills and preferences. It provides inclusive environments as a starting point for all children. It looks at the environment as a whole and attitudes towards disability and considers that it might be the ‘problem’ that needs fixing rather than the child. By using this approach‚ the
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3 2.2 Recommendations 3 3 Outstanding approval and accreditation conditions 4 4 Risk rating of Requirements 5 5 Table of awards 6 6 List of documents reviewed pre- and post-audit 8 7 Action Plan 13 8 Acceptance of audit findings 14 © Scottish Qualifications Authority 2013 (v4) Audit Report NEBOSH: 4 and 5 February 2014 Executive summary This was the second audit of the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) since it was approved as an awarding
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Abnormal Psychology Worksheet 1 – Unit 2 Anxiety Disorders 1. Describe (in your own words) why “compulsive gamblers” and “compulsive eaters” are not considered compulsive according to the definition of DSM-IV. Illustrate with an example. Compulsive eaters‚ and compulsive gamblers are not considered compulsive because they seek eating or gambling as way to fulfill their need for it. A person with OCD do the things they do because they feel they have to‚ and wouldn’t do these things
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