COMPILATION OF LECTURES !!!
Submitted by : Carla Patricia [Link]
Submitted to : Mr. Sylvester Trias
BRANCHES OF PSYCHOLOGY
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY is a branch of psychology that that concern to people behaviors
COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY is a branch were comparing man to aninal
GIANT PSYCHOLOGY is a branch were studying the pre-natal to adolesence
COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY is a branch that focuses on internal states such as motivation, problem solving,decision making,thinking & attention
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY is a branch that concern with a schools , by studying the students or teacher behavioral
EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY is a branch that utilizes scientific methods to research the brain and behavior from childhood development to social issues
FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY is a branch that are deals with issues related to psychology and the law
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY is a branch that looks at psychopathology and abnormal behavior from depression to obsession
BIOPSYCHOLOGY is a branch that focused on the study of how brain influences behavior is often known as biopsychology
TYPES OF BEHAVIORS
COVERT the behavior of the people that hidden
OVERT the behavior of the people that showy
ARISTOTLE the great philosoper RENE DESCARTES physiology branch of bilogy WILHELM WUNDT founder of modern psychology
HERMAN VON HELMOTZ have a big contribution in psychology SIGMUD FREUD the great psycho-analysis
THE METHODS OF PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH
intropection observation life history method survey method
CHAPTER # 1
SENSATION & PERCEPTION
SENSATION the process of accepting the stimulus
CORNEA the tranparent protective covering tissue in front of the eyes PUPIL small hole in the middle of our eyes that controls the amount of the light we receive
IRIS colored muscles of the eyes that responsible for reducing & enlarging the size of the pupil LENS the elastic curved structure that bends light rays in order to focus a clear image of retina
RETINA network of cells containing ganglion cells 2 photoreceptors AQUEOS HUMOR provides nutrients that keeps the cornea unit
* COMMON EYED DEFFECTS * MYOPIA - the inability to see far objects clearly HYPEROPIA - the inability to see near objects clearly ACCOMADATION - the ability to change its lens shape upon ssing near & far obects
THE HUMAN EAR
* OUTER EAR * * MIDDLE EAR *
pinna or ear flap auditory canal eardrum or tymponic membrane
mallues staper incus
THE HUMAN EAR
* INNER EAR * cochlea semi-circular canal
*HEARING DEFFECTS * conduction deafness discrimination deafness
CHAPTER # 2 DREAMS & HYPNOSIS
DREAMS is a mental experience during sleep that includes vivid images SLEEP a partial sleep deprivation occurs when people makes do w/ surtantially less sleep than normal over a period of time
* COOMON SLEEP DISORDERS * INSOMIA-characterized by difficult in falling asleep initially,remain asleep during early morning awakening NARCOLEPSY-sudden & irresistable outsets of sleep during normal working awakening
SLEEP APNEA-frequent reflexive gasping for air that awakens a persons & disrupts sleeps NIGHT TERRORS-abrupt awakening from sleep accompanied by intense automatic aurosal & feeling of panic
NIGHTMARES-anxiety arousing dreams that leads to awakening usually from rem sleep SOMNABUSM-slep walking occurs when a persons arise & wonder about while remaining sleep
HYPNOSES- is a systematic procedure that typically process a heightened store of sucesstibility ESP- precognition, clair, voyance & telephathy
THEORIES OF HYPNOSIS
Hypnosis as a role playing ( Theodore Barber 1979 & Nicholas Spanos 1966 )
Hypnosis is an altered state of awakeness that creates dissociation in conciousnes ( Ernest Hilgard 1986 )
CHAPTER # 3 PERCEPTION & ATTENTION
PERCEPTION- refers to the combination of the different sensations & the utilization of past experiencein objects ATTENTION- the term that covers all aspects of the selective process or process within an individual that determine what shall pay attention
PERCEPTUAL SET- is a readiness to percieve certain stimuli of a certain class MENTAL SET- the preparatory adjustment or readiness of the mind to determine how one thinks about given problem
* VISUAL PERCEPTION * SIZE CONSTANCY-is when perception of an objects sizes remains relatively even when viewed from different distances SHAPE CONSTANCY-is when the percieved shape remains constant even when retiual image of tht shapes image
BRIGHTNESS CONSTANCY-is when the percieved brightness of an object is not directly determined by the actual amount of the reflected light COLOR CONSTANCY-like brightness constancy depends upons the knowledge of the contextual light
CHAPTER # 4 CENTRAL TENDENCY & VARIABILITY
ALFRED BINET W/ THEODORE SIMON who develops the first successful intelligence tests BINET SIMON initiated the concepts of mental age STANDARD BINET who measures verbal intelligence ARTHUR POINT SCALE who measures non-verbal intelligence
* 3 DATA USED TO FIND THE * CENTRAL TENDECY
ARITHMETIC MEAN-the average score of the test MEDIAN-the middle score of the test MODE-the half score of the test
MENTAL RETARDATION-is a deficiency present from bith with no obxious brain damage.
IDIOTS,PROFOUNDLY MENTAL RETARDED(PMR)-are the lowest in intelligence having mental ages of less than 3 years old IMBECILES,TRAINABLE MENTALLY RETARDED(TMR)-are the higher in intelligence than idiots and their mental ages are from 3 to 8 years old
MORONS,EDUCABLE MENTAL RETARDED(EMR)-are the highest of the fee bleminded have IQ of 50 yo 70 their mental ages are 8 to 11 years old or 3 to 4 grade
* OTHER TYPES OF MENTAL * RETARDATION
The MICROCEPHALIC is mentally defective person who has an abnormarly small pointed skull an small brain the MACROCEPHALIC has concerntally large skull and brain w/ associated mental dificiency
CRETINISM- is a disability due to insufficient secretion of the thyroid gland MENTALLY GIFTED- is outstanding intellectual and creative ability the development of w/c requires specially designs program
LEVELS OF GIFTEDNESS
bright 115 and above gifted 130and above highly gifted 145 and above exceptionally 160 and above profoundly 175 and above
MONGOLISM-also known as down syndrome is due to a disturbance in the indicrines glands. The eyes are narrow & slanting w/ fissured tongue short broad fingers & flat nose
HYDROCEPHALISM- is a deffect that produces a very large skull because of an excessive amount of the spinal fluid between the skull and the undersized brain within it. They are all hydrocephalic feedless minded
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