UNIT3+AOS+1+Mind,+Brain+and+Body+Revision+Podcasts

=**VCE Psychology Unit 3 - Revision DOT POINT Podcasts**=

**__AOS 1 Mind, Brain and Body__**


Below are the __**Revision Podcasts**__ for each of the dot points in Area of Study #1.


 * U3AOS1Dot point #1**
 * **consciousness as a psychological construct informed by the work of René Descartes and William James**

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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
 * U3AOS1Dot point #2**
 * **concepts of normal waking consciousness and altered states of consciousness**, including

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 * U3AOS1Dot 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**

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 * Dot Point Sheet [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.png width="32" height="32" link="file:cscpsychology/UNIT 3 AOS 1 dotpoint#3.docx"]] [[file:cscpsychology/UNIT 3 AOS 1 dotpoint#3.docx|UNIT 3 AOS 1 dotpoint#3.docx]]**

– 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
 * U3AOS1Dot point #4**
 * **methods used to study the level of alertness in normal waking consciousness and the stages of**
 * sleep:**

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– 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
 * U3AOS1Dot point #5**
 * **the effects of total and partial sleep deprivation:**

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– roles of the central nervous system, peripheral nervous system (somatic and autonomic), and autonomic nervous system (sympathetic and parasympathetic)
 * U3AOS1Dot point #6a**
 * **the interaction between cognitive processes of the brain and its structure including:**

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 * U3AOS1Dot point #6b**

– 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

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 * U3AOS1Dot point #6c**

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

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 * U3AOS1Dot point #6d**

– 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

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– studies of aphasia including Broca’s aphasia and Wernicke’s aphasia – spatial neglect caused by stroke or brain injury media type="file" key="U3AOS1DP7a - Brain REsearch - Brocca's Aphasia and Wernickes Aphasia.mp3" width="240" height="20"
 * U3AOS1Dot point #7a**
 * **contribution of studies to the investigation of cognitive processes of the brain and implications for**
 * the understanding of consciousness including:**


 * U3AOS1Dot point #7b**

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

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 * U3AOS1Dot point #8**


 * **the application and use of brain research methods in investigating the relationship between biological**
 * and cognitive factors of human behaviours including:**

– direct brain stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
 * U3AOS1Dot point #8**a

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– 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)
 * U3AOS1Dot point #8**b

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 * GO TO MEMORY PODCASTS click here**
 * **research methods and ethical principles associated with the study of the brain and states of**
 * consciousness, as outlined in the introduction to the unit.**

=**GO TO MEMORY PODCASTS click here**= =**GO TO RESEARCH METHODS PODCASTS click here**=