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BIOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY PSYCH Flashcards

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Alexander luria: He believed that certain areas of the brain were responsible for the control of certain behaviours/ functions.

visual agnosia: Unable to perceive the right side of objects or the rightside would appeared
fragmented

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SYNETHESIA

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Diagnosed a Russian journalist with fivefold synaesthesia, in which the stimulation of one of his senses produced a reaction in every other.

EG he would associate a particular musical tone with a colour, or a number with a personality

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Nomothetic – describes the effort to derive laws that explain general, objective phenomena

Idiographic – describes the effort to understand the meaning of unique, subjective phenomena

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WILDER PENFIELD

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The brain itself has no sensitivity to touch. Thus, possible to work on the brain whilst patients are fully conscious

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WILDER PENFIELD

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The brain itself has no sensitivity to touch. Thus, possible to work on the brain whilst patients are fully conscious

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