Psychology 2043A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Muscle Tone, Heart Rate, Ophthalmology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2043A/B
• Professor: Sarah Smits- Bandstra

Document Summary

Week 1, chapter 1: children with exceptionalities and their families. Within special education, overrepresentation of african american, hispanics and american indian children. Within gifted education these children are markedly underrepresented. Input: consists of receiving information from a stimulus and attention through senses. 6 types of input: gustatory, olfactory, vision, hearing, kinesthetic sensation of movement or strain in, haptic perception through active exploration of surfaces and objects muscles. Processing: using your brain to make sense of the input received from the senses through an act of thinking. 5 types of thinking: memory, classification, association, reasoning, evaluation. Output: the response the individual gives after input and thinking about the input. 6 types of output: speaking, writing, motor response, dancing, running, social interactions. Executive functioning: consists of mental processes that allow us to plan, pay attention, remember instructions and multitask. Enables positive behavior and allows us to make healthy choices. Depends on 3 types of brain function: working memory, mental flexibility, self control.