PSYC1020 Study Guide - Central Sulcus, Postcentral Gyrus, Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potential
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Top-down processing/mental set: what one already knows and what one presently thinks has a direct impact on how you absorb, interpret and act upon new information. We have some degree of control over these voluntary processes. Paradigm: a perspective, approach or frame of reference in regards to subject matter, methods or concept. Scientific study of mental processes (as shown in behaviour) Language & concepts stimulus, response, conditioning, reinforcement, shaping. Study of conscious and unconscious processes as seen in mental illness". Language & concepts ego, id, superego, defence mechanisms. Psychological condition is like mental illness, fluid dynamics. Language & concepts personal growth, self-actualisation, awareness, transcendence, human potential. Complexity of brain is related to its organisation rather than size. Intelligence best indexed by the complexity of the cortical bulges (gyri) and indentations (sulci) Long stretch of fibre in human brain creates more folds. Sagittal: lateral view; into left and right down longitudinal fissure (used in mri)
