Psychology

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Forensic Psychology: The man is a priest as well as a forensic psychologist for the FBI, assisting them in their investigations. He studies the behaviors of men, women, and children and the evils they do from multiple perspectives (legal, theological, and psychological). I picked this article because I think it is interesting to study the mind set of "evil" people and the causes of what made them that way.







Name: _Sheila Rachels Date: __2/28/11__ Psychology

Inside the Teenage Brain

Opener: __ What are some ways in which teens think differently from adults? Describe and share an example from your experiences.

- Share your response with a partner. Add their thoughts in another color. Teenagers tend to focus on more trivial thoughts, rather than think of more important things. For example, teenagers will worry more about their social lives and reputation and boys. They are irrational and quick to overreact. They think they are invulnerable, while adults think things through more properly.

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**//Step 1 //**: Read the “Introduction” section. - What is the purpose of this report from PBS? What do they hope to prove? PBS is showing the biology and behavior of the teenage brain. They hope to prove whether or not the teenage brain is different than adults’. They want to find out why teenagers behave the way they do. - What are some of the new developments in adolescent brain research? MRIs and other research shows that the adolescent brain is still developing and changing. It is not like the adult brain.

- What parts of this report interest you the most? Explain. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">I think it’s interesting that there’s an actual reason why most teenagers can sleep until 2 PM. However, I wonder if this is more general because I don’t really act this way; I usually wake up around 6 AM on my own. It’s interesting that the brain is still developing into their 20’s because one would think that it would be fully developed by then.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Step 2: //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Click on “The Teen Brain is a Work in Progress” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">- Pick either the interview with Jay Giedd or Deborah Yurgelun-Todd to read. Summarize their main points on the teenage brain. What do you think about their research? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">The brain is 95% of its adult size at age 6. The brain over-produces cells to survive at birth. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">- Pick one other article on this page to read. Explain why you chose this one, and summarize the article.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Step 3: //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Click on “How much can science tell us?” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">- Pick one interview to read. Summarize their argument, and share your thoughts on what they want to prove.

<span style="font-family: 'Sylfaen','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">I am more right brain dominant, although there are some aspects of using my left brain in my personality. When learning new things, I am often independent and can just “get it”. I am ridiculously terrible at math, but I can still take an analytical approach to things, such as, philosophy and English. However, I am very organized: I often set out what I am going to wear for the next day before I go to bed. Due to my right brain dominance, I am very creative: I enjoy reading, writing, singing, and playing violin Whenever I read, I enjoy more realistic stories; however, I often daydream. I am not strictly right or left brain dominant, I have a mix of both in my personality.

**- Why is Phineas Gage’s story important to the study of the brain in psychology?** It is important because he survived a major brain injury, causing his personality to change. It shows that the brain plays a part in personality. **- How did Phineas Gage change after the accident?** After the accident, he was more impulsive and dramatic, and he had troubles balancing, speaking, and understanding speech. **- How did Phineas Gage’s accident change scientists’ understanding of the brain?** His case showed that the brain affects or controls one's personality. **- Recalling what you have learned regarding the frontal lobe, what possible problems or abnormalities may** **Gage have presented with subsequent to this type of injury (remember the precise location of the rod through** **his brain)?** His cerebral cortex and Broca's area were damaged. This could cause faulty decision making and trouble speaking.


 * The scale below is an indication of where you fall in the male-female brain continuum. The results are based on the angles, spot the difference, 3D shapes and words tasks.

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1. Delusions- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">a fixed false belief that is resistant to reason or confrontation with actual fact: //  a paranoid delusion   // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2. Hallucinations- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside [|the] mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory [|images]. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 3. Derailment- // Psychiatry //   <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">[|loosening of associations.] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 4. Catatonic- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">a [|syndrome] seen most frequently in [|schizophrenia], characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor, sometimes alternating with great excitement and confusion. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 5. Affective- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">of, caused by, or expressing emotion or feeling; emotional. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 6. Alogia- The inability to speak because of mental deficiency, mental confusion, or aphasia. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">7. Avolition- Lack of initiative or goals; one of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. The person may wish to do something, but the desire is without power or energy. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">8. Dysfunction- // Medicine/Medical //  <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">malfunctioning, as of an organ or structure of [|the] body. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 9. Profromal- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">An early symptom indicating the onset of an attack or a disease. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 10. Residual- // Medicine/Medical //   <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">remaining in an organ or part following normal discharge or expulsion: //   residual air. // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">11. Attenuated- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">weakened; diminishing <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 12. Schizoaffective- Showing symptoms suggestive of both [|schizophrenia] and affective disorders. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">13. Physiological- <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">of or relating to normal healthful functioning; not pathological <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">14. Autistic- //  Psychiatry   // <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">a [|pervasive] developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 15. Pervasive- <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">existing in or spreading through every part of something <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 16. Auditory- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">perceived through or resulting from the sense of hearing: //  auditory hallucinations   // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">17. Catalepsy- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">a physical condition usually associated with catatonic [|schizophrenia], characterized by suspension of sensation, muscular rigidity, fixity of posture, and often by loss of contact with environment <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">18. Mutism- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">an inability to speak, due to a physical defect, [|conscious] refusal, or psychogenic inhibition <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">19. Echolalia- //  Psychiatry   // <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">. <span style="color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">the uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by another person <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 20. Echopraxia- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">the abnormal repetition of [|the] actions of another person   <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">Hettie would speak in rhymes, talk to herself, and have delusional beliefs. She had alogia, derailment, delusions, echolalia, and echopraxia.