UNIT+3+AOS+1+Mind,+Brain+and+Body+Revision+Podacasts

= = VCE Psychology Unit 3 =**Revising the DOT POINT Podcasts - work through dot point sheets with questions.**=

**__AOS 1 Mind, Brain and Body__**
Below are the **Dot point sheets and Revision Podcasts**


 * DOT POINT #1**
 * **consciousness as a psychological construct informed by the work of René Descartes and William James**


 * Dot Point Sheet [[file:UNIT 3 AOS 1 dotpoint#1.doc]] [[file:UNIT 3 AOS 1 dotpoint#1b.docx]]**


 * Revision Podcast**

media type="file" key="Psych Revision - u3aos1dp1medium.mp3" width="1" height="1" daydreaming, meditative and alcohol-induced, in terms of levels of awareness, content limitations, controlled and automatic processes, perceptual and cognitive distortions, emotional awareness, self-control and time orientation
 * DOT POINT #2**
 * **concepts of normal waking consciousness and altered states of consciousness**, including


 * Dot Point Sheet [[file:UNIT 3 AOS 1 dotpoint#2.docx]]**


 * Revision Podcast**


 * DOT POINT #3**
 * **sleep as an altered state of consciousness: purpose, characteristics and patterns of the stages of**
 * sleep including rapid eye movement (REM) and the non-rapid eye movement (NREM) stages of**
 * sleep**


 * Dot Point Sheet [[file:UNIT 3 AOS 1 dotpoint#3.docx]]**


 * Revision Podcast**

– measurement of physiological responses including electroencephalograph (EEG), electro- oculargraph (EOG), heart rate, body temperature and galvanic skin response (GSR) – the use of sleep laboratories, video monitoring and self reports
 * DOT POINT #4**
 * **methods used to study the level of alertness in normal waking consciousness and the stages of**
 * sleep:**


 * Dot Point Sheet [[file:UNIT 3 AOS 1 dotpoint#4.docx]]**


 * Revision Podcast**

– loss of REM and NREM sleep – sleep recovery patterns including amount of sleep required, REM rebound and microsleeps – sleep-wake cycle shifts during adolescence compared with child and adult sleep including delayed onset of sleep and need for sleep
 * DOT POINT #5**
 * **the effects of total and partial sleep deprivation:**


 * Dot Point Sheet**


 * Revision Podcast**

– roles of the central nervous system, peripheral nervous system (somatic and autonomic), and autonomic nervous system (sympathetic and parasympathetic)
 * DOT POINT #6**
 * **the interaction between cognitive processes of the brain and its structure including:**


 * Dot Point Sheet**


 * Revision Podcast**

– roles of the four lobes of the cerebral cortex in the control of motor, somatosensory, visual and auditory processing in humans; primary cortex and association areas


 * Dot Point Sheet**


 * Revision Podcast**

– hemispheric specialisation: the cognitive and behavioural functions of the right and left hemispheres of the cerebral cortex, non-verbal versus verbal and analytical functions


 * Dot Point Sheet**


 * Revision Podcast**

– the role of the reticular activating system in selective attention and wakefulness; role of the thalamus in directing attention and switching sensory input on and off


 * Dot Point Sheet**


 * Revision Podcast**

– studies of aphasia including Broca’s aphasia and Wernicke’s aphasia – spatial neglect caused by stroke or brain injury
 * **contribution of studies to the investigation of cognitive processes of the brain and implications for**
 * the understanding of consciousness including:**


 * Dot Point Sheet**


 * Revision Podcast**

– split-brain studies including the work of Roger Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga – perceptual anomalies including motion after-effect, change blindness, synaesthesia


 * Practice Questions**

– direct brain stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) – brain recording and imaging techniques: computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
 * **the application and use of brain research methods in investigating the relationship between biological**
 * and cognitive factors of human behaviours including:**


 * Dot Point Sheet**


 * Teaching Podcast**


 * **research methods and ethical principles associated with the study of the brain and states of**
 * consciousness, as outlined in the introduction to the unit.**


 * See Research Methods dot point menu item to go to revision podcasts.**