class notes

Question 1

Video 9: what was the video about?

Answer 1

It was about a man with two brains. These men when through a process where they cut his brain in two so went, he had a seizure it wouldn’t spread to his whole brain and could be control more.

Question 2

Can the two brains communicate with each other?

Answer 2

No, they can’t, each brain is specialized on their own thing. Example- Right side can actually see the image but it can read it.

Question 3

What video 10 about?

Answer 3

It’s about how our bodies have an alarm included in our brain function. Circadian and hymn.

Question 4

How do they do the experiment of video 10?

Answer 4

They go to a cave. This was because in the cave there was no light or sound, nothing to get distracted on so they were able to study the Body alarm clock more realist.

Question 5

What was video 11 about?

Answer 5

Sleep depth and why it is important.

Question 6

Who do the lack sleep affect more?

Answer 6

Woman.

Question 7

SCN

Answer 7

Disturbed and no sleep

Question 8

The central nervous system is the

Answer 8

spinal cord & Brain (important)

Question 9

Peripheral nervous system

Answer 9

somatic (voluntary) movement
Autonomic (involuntary) Hearth beat
1. Sympathetic (stimulates)
2. Parasympathetic (Relaxes)

Question 10

The biological time

Answer 10

Lark- Awake early, Alert early
Owl- Awake late, Alert late
Hummingbird- Between owl and lark

Question 11

Curt Richter

Answer 11

Despite the rats being nearly dead, some rats kept tract of time.

Question 12

Practical applications of the biological clock

Answer 12

1. jet log
2. weight loss and gain
   3.cancer treatment
3. Alcoholism

Question 13

How much sleep do people need?

Answer 13

Enough to when you wake up u feel rested.
1. teens- 8-10 hours
2. adults 7-9 hours

Question 14

Benefits of sleep

Answer 14

1. boots learning (dreams consolidate learning)
2. Calms mood
3. improves Healths
4. weight control

Question 15

Four observations about dreams interpretation

Answer 15

1. Freud theory of dreams is based on an outdated theory of mind.
2. some scientists say dreams don’t mean anything
3. there’s is not automatic interpretations of dreams
4. we can’t know if an interpretation is true.

Question 16

Video 14

Answer 16

Why adolescents the way they are

Question 17

video 13: Piaget

Answer 17

This video was about the four stages of kid’s development. An example is the little girl trying to figure out if there was the same number of coins, cookies and water.

Question 18

video 12

Answer 18

How drinking during pregnancy affects the development of babies in the mother bellies. Alcohol affects hormones.

Question 19

Three stages of prenatal development are

Answer 19

1. Germinal- 0-2 weeks. egg implant in the uterus.
2. Embryo-3-8 weeks. major organs take shape
3. fetal-9 weeks on. Birth- fully developed

Question 20

What % of pregnancy are viable

Answer 20

30-33%

Question 20

Things my professor believes

Answer 20

Live begin at conception and abortion end life.

Question 21

Two assumptions about development

Answer 21

1. Every stage has a precautional. A motive that drives many behaviors.
2. we have reachable and vulnerable through our preoccupations.

Question 22

how to know someone preoccupations

Answer 22

1. what entertain them
2. what make them mad, what they stand for

Question 24

Piaget: four stages of cognitive development

Answer 24

1. sensorimotor-0-2 y Childs learn through senses movements. 2. preoperational- 2-7 y learns to use symbols (pretend play) 3. concrete operational-7-12 y logic, tensible theory 4. Formal operational- adolescent and adults person uses abstract thought.