PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Visual Cortex, Endangerment, Schizophrenia
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Slide 10: blind sight- people who have damaged part of their primary visual cortex (they see a black spot in their vision). Consciously they don"t see anything, but if something is placed in that spot, they guess right. There are paths of vision that go to the conscious, but other that go to the unconscious parts that the person is unaware of. Multiple personalities- usually a shy vs. worldly personalities. It looks like there are multiple people in one body. There is a pattern in it, more prominent in women. Multiple personalities might be created in traumatic situations. Ex: when the daughter is with her father when he"s abusive, one side comes out that is tougher that takes in the abuse. When the father is normal, the daughter switches to the petite, shy version who forgets those situations. Slide 11: hypnotists usually tell the people to weave their fingers together and squeeze their hands together while he talks.
