PSYCH 1XX3- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 19 pages long!)
5 Oct 2017
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Adaptive costs: uses a lot of energy from our body, human infants are born incredibly frail (requires great parental investment, food, protection) Adaptive benefits: conscious intention, prolonged lifespan. Phantom limb"s syndrome: you are interacting with your environment, and your body feels the environment. Solution to chronic phantom limb"s pain: use a mirror reflection of other hand, to give the visual feedback of unclenching of the hand: the reflection gives visual feedback of an imaginary hand. Case study: discussing phineas gage (individual who was speared by rod on train track through the skull, effects included brain damage, and presence of impulsive behaviour. Imposter syndrome: is a concept describing high-achieving individuals who are marked by an inability to internalize their accomplishments and a persistent fear of being exposed as a. Delusion does not occur with auditory stimuli. Brain creates a running narrative to explain stimuli and events. Visual processing involves: recognition, emotional significance (instant judgement of how you feel about the visual)
