PSYCHOLOGY 100: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY Spring Quarter 2013 Class Location: 1508 Meeting Time: 9:30 – 10:20 Daily Office Hours: Mondays 12:30 – 1:30 Tuesday 12:30 – 2:00 Wednesdays 12:30 – 1:30 Thursdays 12:30 – 2:00 Fridays 12:30 – 1:30 And by appointment ------------------------------------------------- Textbook Myers‚ D.G. (2011). Exploring psychology in modules (8th Edition.). New York‚ NY: Worth Publishers. (Required) -------------------------------------------------
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Precognitive Dreams Precognitive dreams occur but what are we to make of them? Published on July 30‚ 2011 by Patrick McNamara‚ Ph.D. in Dream Catcher Here is a so-called precognitive dream reported in Van de Castle‚ R.L (1994). Our dreaming mind. Ballantine‚ New York; p 406-407 "Walter Franklin Prince‚ a psychologist and Episcopal minister‚ ....dreamed that he had in his hand a small paper‚ with an order printed in red ink for the execution of the bearer‚ a slender woman with blond hair about
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The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the correlational method as a means for examining the relationship between REM sleep and memory. I will describe previous research and then investigate how REM and memory are associated in young people and in older people. In some ways‚ the sleep patterns of these two groups are very similar‚ but in some ways they are not. 1a) In a normal brain‚ the period of deep sleep is the first half of sleep and the period of REM sleep is the second half of sleep.
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Psychology Notes Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes -What can you see(behavior) -What you cant see(mental processes) -Describe predict explain behavior and mental processes using the scientific method Subfields of Psychology -Biological Foundations (Behavioral Neuroscience) seek relationships between brain and behavior and mental processes‚ role of heredity‚ evolution -Experimental Psychology (Cognitive Psychology)
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Cross your heart‚ hope to die‚ stick a needle in your eye Awakening with a large needle in your eye‚ you realize you have been stripped from your mother and thrown into a small cold cage. A few hours later‚ you begin to go blind: something grabs you‚ another needle is pierced into you once again‚ and you start to fade away. Countless animals awaken to the same grim fate. They have no idea what is happening or what they did to deserve this treatment. Every day‚ every hour‚ and every minute‚ a laboratory
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and voluntary (Haggard and Libet‚ 2015). Participants were asked to move their right wrist‚ at a time of their own choosing and then make a note of the time they were first aware of their desire to act‚ which he named ‘W’. Whilst they did this‚ an EEG machine monitored their brain activity. Attention was focused on a particular negative brain potential‚ called the RP‚ or Readiness Potential (Libet‚ 2003)‚ situated in the supplementary motor area (SMA). It was discovered that the brain activity occurred
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AAA- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ABG – Arterial Blood Gas(test) ABDI- Ankle Brachial Pressure Index ACBT-Active Cycle of breathing technique ACT-Activated Clotting Time AF – Atrial Flutter/Fibrillation ALs- Activities of Living AMI-Acute Myocardial Infarction APR- Abdominal Perineal Resection APTT – Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time AS-Added Sounds ASD-Atrial Septal Defect ASL-Alternate Side Lying AVR-Aortic Value Replacement AW – Awaiting AXR-Abdominal X-ray BBS-Bronchial Breath
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EE2 Signals and Linear Systems Pier Luigi Dragotti Electrical & Electronic Engineering Department Imperial College London URL: http://www.commsp.ee.ic.ac.uk/~pld/Teaching/ E-mail: p.dragotti@imperial.ac.uk PLD Autumn 2012 Thursday‚ 27 September 12 Signals and Linear Systems Lecture 1 Aims and Objectives “The concepts of signals and systems arise in a variety of fields and the techniques associated with these notions play a central role in many areas of science and technology
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CHAPTER 1 What is Psychology? Psychology is the science of behavior and mental processes Thinking critically with Psychology Hindsight bias- Common Sense describes what has happened after the fact more easily than it predicts what will happen before the fact Common sense is a poor guide The Scientific Method Theory- an explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations Hypothesis- a testable prediction implied by a theory Simple Observation- simply observing
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Film: Lorenzo’s Oil – Part One Directions: Answer the following questions based on the information provided in the film‚ Lorenzo’s Oil. Characters: Lorenzo Odone – child Michaela Odone– mother Augusto Odone- father 1. Lorenzo begins to experience problems at school and at home. What symptoms of the disease first appeared? ___________________________________________________________________________ ____ ___________________________________________________________________________ ____ 2
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