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Semester 2 Exam Flashcards

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Over simplification

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Some people have reversed hemispheric for some functions eg language

Right handed people are more pronounced

Plasticity when someone has a brain injury a certain part of the brain will take over the damaged parts

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Spinal cord

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Links the brain to the rest of the body

Carries nerves to me from brain

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Localised of cortical functions

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Brain function is localised

Cross-lateralised

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Left hemisphere functions

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~Motor functions~
Movement of right side of body
Production of speech

~Sensory functions~
Sensations right side of body

~perceptual functions~
Comprehension of speech

~cognitive functions~
Reading
Writing
Analytical thinking 
Logic reasoning
Mathematics
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Right hemisphere functions

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~motor functions~
Movement left side of body

~sensory functions~
Sensations left side of the body

~perceptual functions~
Recognition of faces and patterns

~cognitive functions~
Music ability 
Spatial ability
Emotional expression
Detection of emotion
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Hindbrain

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regulates bodily functions vital for survival
medulla: connects brain and spinal cord-breathing

pons: responsible for voluntary muscle movement
cerebellum: regulation posture and stores memories. If damaged physical activity is impossible

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Midbrain

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RAS: group of fibres that carry info related to sleep and arousal keeps brain active and alert.

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Forebrain

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cerebrum: voluntary movement and emotions
hypothalamus: regulates biological needs eg hunger thirst
thalamus: ingoing and outgoing signals

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Frontal lobe

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Speech, movement and personality

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Parietal lobe

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Speech,visual perception,pain/touch sensations

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Temporal lobe

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Auditory receptive and long term memory formed

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Occipital lobe

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Visual cortex and it’s where dreams originate

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Cerebellum

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Motion related activities

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Charles Spearman general intelligence

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One general intelligence could be measured

Theory was named the 2 factor theory of intelligence

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Alfred binet IQ Test

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  • Most recognisable test with help Simon Theodore
  • could identify children that were of normal Intelligence
  • mental age
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Lewis teman IQ test

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-further developed by Lewis
- calculated intelligence by IQ= mental age/chronological age x100
- measures 5 cognitive abilitys
Fluid reasoning
Quantitive reasoning
Visual processing
Working memory
- used test in world war 1
- alpha-literate adults
-beta- illliterate and non speaking English
-modern example-naplan

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David wesckler

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  • believed culturally biased to English speakers
  • tried to minimise them
  • developed empiracle model of intelligence
  • related real life situations
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Gardners multiple intelligence

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-9 distinctive intelligences dependent on one another
Linguistic-reading,writing understanding spoken words
Mathematical-numbers and logical reasoning
-spatial-reading maps and manipulating objects
-musical-creation and appreciation of music
-bodily-sports, dancing and movement
-interpersonal-understanding and relating to others
-intrapersonal-understanding one own thoughts and mental state
-Naturalist-recognition of natural objects
-existential-pondering Fundemental questions of existince

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Golman emotional intelligence

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Ability to read people’s emotions and use one own emotional responses adaptively;it corresponds

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Selective attention

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Mechanism that enables us to process relevant inputs, thoughts, or actions while ignoring irrelevant or distracting ones

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Dividing attention

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Some tasks are hard to combine
Reading and driving
Talking on the phone and watching tv
Attending a lecture and texting

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Habituation

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Decrease in response to a stimulus after being repeatedly exposed to it.
Animals or humans may learn to ignore a stimulus because of repeated exposure

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Dishabituation

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Fast recovery of a response that has under gone habitation

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Pro-Social

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Represents acts that indicate positive social regard and inclusiveness. Must be regarded as helpful and selfless, little regard for own safety or self interest

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Anti-Social

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Includes acts of physical volience such as verbal abuse or social rejection. Also includes withdrawal and refusal to share or help others.

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Dexter dunphy

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  1. Cliques-small group who interact frequently
  2. Crowds- larger groups usually 2 cliques
  3. Dyads- pairs of close friends or lovers

He observed teenagers for 6months and developed the stages of group development

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Determinate of liking

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  1. Proximity-physical closeness attending same school or having regular meetings
  2. Similarity- liking the same food, clothes etc
  3. Reciprocity- thinking someone likes you eg invites you to a party
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Non verbal gestures

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Gestures

Movements indicating meaning or attitude eg wave

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Non verbal physical distance

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Communicating in less obvious ways
Distance-we stand next to each other depends on how well we know the person
*hall (1996) 4 levels of interpersonal space
*intimate-family or lovers
*personal-friends or social group
*social distance- shopkeeper and customer
*public distance-strangers in public places

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Non verbal communication facial expression

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Powerful communication learnt early in life
Express emotion
It is universal

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Non verbal touch and smell

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Animal kingdom signal attraction, a mate

Indicate group members or status etc

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Effective communication active listening

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Actively listening to someone
Engaged in conversation
Interested in the topic
Ask questions

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Effective communication working collaboratively

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Fundemental working with others

Cooperatively or competivively

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Effective communication assertive communication

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Involves honestly expressing opinions and feelings that does not infringe on the right of others
Three steps in assertive communication
1. Show your understanding and that your not trying to pick a fight
2. Stating the problem outline show you want to change it
3. Specific statement how you want to change it

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Effective communication body language

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Good posture
Calm voice
Face person
Eye contact

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Impact hearing impairment and language delay

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Hearing loss at birth or before language learnt discruptive to language

Hearing loss after language learnt no loss

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Conscious

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Everything your aware of

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Preconscious

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Memories beneath the surface but can be easily retrieved

39
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Unconscious

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Thought and memories deeply hidden

Desires can’t control bad memory childhood

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I’d

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Animal urges
Instinctive and unconscious acts on pleasure principal
Primary process of thinking

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Ego

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Reality principal 
Develops younger child
Regulates and standards for behaviour 
Second process thinking 
Doesn't consider good of others and society
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Superego

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4-5 years age starts
Moral component
Lack of reality
Can became a perfectionist

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Hans Eysenck

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3 main personality factors:
Psychoticism: impulse control
Not caring for others’ cruel, inhumane, no empathy,and aggressive ,cold , creative and antisocial

Extroversion:introversion
Carelessness, liveliness, sociability and active

Neuroticism: stability
Strong,anxious,tense,emotional,shy and moody

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Gordon allport trait theory

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Cardinal trait:
Dominant develops later in life
Defines everything a person does

Central trait:
Basic foundation of personality
Think and behave in certain ways
5-10 years old

Secondary traits:
Related to attitudes eg impatient while waiting in office
Some situations but not all

45
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what is a Group

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defined as 2 or people who interact and influence each other for more than a few minutes

don’t have to like each other

don’t always have a choice of your group

46
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milgram (1960s)

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asked teachers to deliver shocks to students

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asch (1950s)

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4 people in a room
most of the group were confederates
they made a decision the other would follow
75% went with what was wrong

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individuals in a group

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self concept is the definition of ourselves
the way people react to us can shape our self conception
may be pos or neg

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social categorisation

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identifying a person as a member of a group because of the features they share
helps deal with the social world

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social loafing

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practise of putting in less effort in a group
they feel less accountable
they feel there efforts are not as important so slack off

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