Psychology 4303F/G- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 99 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 4303F/G
• Professor: Cathy Chovaz

Document Summary

Blindness cuts one off from things, deafness cuts one off from people - helen keller. Deafness is a complex biological, social, and psychological construct that affects millions of people throughout the world and it affects people in many different ways. Pamela wisman - opening our ears to the deaf. Audism - thinking you are superior to one group. Hearing impaired implies they are handicapped and they need to be fixed. Deaf people don"t see deafness as a disability, they see it as a culture. The deaf do not consider themselves a part of the public, and it is our fault for making them feel this way. My feelings - ashamed (of our culture for making deaf people feel this way), inspired (to learn more about the culture/language), and more educated. The message is fine, but it is not accessible (no closed-captioning) 4/1000 canadian babies are born with some degree of hearing loss. 1/10 people have some degree of deafness.