Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Hypoventilation, Parasomnia, Aphasia

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Campbell

Document Summary

4. 1 cognition: brain processes and makes decisions about importance of various stimuli below the level of conscious awareness. Inability to understand conversation: concrete operational stage, understanding the feels of others and manipulating physical (concrete) objects, formal operational stage, abstract thought and problem-solving, role of culture in cognitive development. Lev vygotsky: engine driving cognitive development is the child"s internalization of his, cognitive changes in late adulthood or her culture, mild level of cognitive decline while aging is normal. Intuition -> gut feeling: ability to act on perceptions that may not be supported by available evidence, emotional state. Intellectual functional: multiple intelligence, gardner"s theory, 7 areas of intelligence, linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic. Intrapersonal: variations in intellectual ability, variation in intellectual ability can be attributed to combinations of environment, education, and genetics. 4. 4 consciousness-altering drugs: depressants, reduce nervous system activity -> result in sense of relaxation, alcohol, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines, promote or mimic gaba activity in brain, stimulants.