...Left Brain vs. Right Brain “According to the theory of left-brain or right-brain dominance, each side of the brain controls different types of thinking.” (Cherry 2012) From books to television programs, you've probably heard the phrase mentioned that people are either right brained or left brained thinkers or perhaps you have gone online to take a test to see which one you are. Psychologist have been researching the brain to try and understand learning capability’s that can help with such things as epilepsy, dyslexia and other seizure and learning problems. The right brain-left brain theory came from the work of Roger W. Sperry, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1981. While studying the effects of epilepsy, Sperry discovered that cutting the corpus collosum (the structure that connects the two hemispheres of the brain) could reduce or eliminate seizures. However, Sperry also discovered that after the two parts were no longer connected, the patients could no longer name objects that were processed by the right side of the brain, but were able to name objects that were processed by the left-side of the brain. Based on this information, Sperry suggested that the left side of the brain is used to process certain information such as language. When researching the different sides of the brain, it has been noted that each side is capable of leaning the same things just in a different way. The right side of the brain is best at expressive and creative tasks. The right side...
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...Brain-Based Teaching Methods/Solutions for Collegians in Poverty Abstract “The convergence of low literacy levels, poverty, an aging population, immigration, and the globalization of business means that working with the growing and significant segment of the population that comes from generational poverty is no longer just a moral obligation, it has become an economic imperative.” (Krodel, Becker, Ingle, and Jakes, 2008) This quotation highlights the plight of impoverished adults seeking a college education. Hampered by This paper first addresses key learning influencers such as memory, perception, emotion and cognition as they are affected by generational poverty. Then, the principles of brain-based learning are applied to suggest andragogy which mitigates these affects. The community college has been highlighted by no less than Barack Obama as one means to lift the mantle of poverty from those whose development and educational opportunities have been severely limited by virtue of their economic circumstances. In a June, 2009 appearance, the President noted that "community colleges are an essential part of our recovery in the present and our prosperity in the future." Its universal access, local influence and community reach make the community college an ideal institution to undertake this role. And, here in Cleveland, Ohio, this role is particularly critical. In 2012, Cleveland, Ohio was once again designated one of the “Poorest Big Cities in America,” a title it...
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...Body Growth Describe major changes in body size, proportions, muscle–fat makeup, and skeletal growth over the first two years. ■ Height and weight gains are greater during the first two years than at any other time after birth. Body fat is laid down quickly during the first nine months, whereas muscle development is slow and gradual. Parts of the body grow at different rates, following the cephalocaudal and proximodistal trends, resulting in changing body proportions. ■ Skeletal age, a measure based on the number of epiphyses and the extent to which they are fused, is the best way to estimate the child’s overall physical maturity. At birth, the bones of an infant’s skull are separated by six gaps, or fontanels, which permit the skull to expand as the brain grows. Brain Development Describe brain development during infancy and toddlerhood, current methods of measuring brain functioning, and appropriate stimulation to support the brain’s potential. ■ Early in development, the brain grows faster than any other organ of the body. Once neurons are in place, they rapidly form synapses and release neurotransmitters, which cross synapses to send messages to other neurons. During the peak period of synaptic growth in...
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...of having possessions. To be true its not something without which he can’t live but it is something which will made his work easy and quick without spoiling the food. This product has been bought by him to make things even easier and quick. Interviewee 3 The car he bought also comes under the self-esteem needs which fulfills his daily requirements as well as give him a feeling of accomplishment that comes by owning a big item. It gave him the feeling of possessing something which provides safety as well as affordable luxury. Tri-component attitude model: According to this theory, attitudes consist of three major components: a cognitive component, an affective component and a conative component. Cognitive component: The knowledge and perceptions that are acquired by a combination of direct experience with the attitude object and related information from various sources. Here we can see in the survey that...
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...and Perception Lecture 6 & 7 • Learning Outcomes • Define and differentiate between sensation and perception. • Identify the parts of the eye, describe the properties of light and the theories of color vision. • Learning Outcomes • Describe how visual perception is organized. • Identify the parts of the ear; explain the sense of hearing. • Learning Outcomes • Describe the chemical senses. • Identify the skin senses and theoretical explanations for pain. • Learning Outcomes • Describe the kinesthetic and vestibular senses. • Explain why psychologists are skeptical about extra sensory perception. • Sensation and Perception • What are Sensation and Perception? • “I have perfect vision” –Heather Sellers has problem with her perception. She cannot recognize faces-prosopagnosia (face blindness) “In college, on a date at the Spaghetti Station, I returned from the bathroom and plunked myself down in the wrong booth, facing the wrong man. I remained unaware he was not my date even as my date (a stranger to me) accosted Wrong Booth Guy, and then stormed out of the Station. I can’t distinguish actors in movies and on TV. I do not recognize myself in photos or video. I can’t recognize my stepsons in the soccer pick-up line; I failed to determine which husband was mine at a party, in the mall, at the market” This curious mix of “perfect” vision and face blindness illustrates the distinction between sensation and perception. • 1. What are Sensation and Perception? • Her...
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...is Cognitive Psychology? Cognitive psychology addresses the mental processes responsible for understanding why an individual does the things he or she does. These primary principals are: a person’s perceptions, attention, learning, memory, conceptualization, reasoning, judgment, and problem-solving. Perception is the way a person understands and forms judgments and opinions about the environment he or she resides. In point, perception is unique in each individual. It varies based on a person’s experiences and environment. Another key factor is attention. This is based on how a person processes and sorts information he or she gathers. Not all information is retained, and this is how memory comes into play. Information important is stored and can be retrieved at a later date. Information unnecessary is not stored and may not paid much attention to because it is not pertinent information. How a person learns and processes information is based on his or her learning style. Conceptualization is important because it categorizes information and determines what is to be stored and what is to be used and disposed of. Additionally, reasoning, judgment, and problem-solving are large factors in the cognitive process. A person makes logical conclusions based on what he or she believes to be the appropriate choice and most of this is done by problem-solving and judgment. A person must resolve conflict and determine the amount of risks he or she takes before making decisions...
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...Sensory Perceptions The human body consists of 5 major senses. These senses are touch, taste, smell, hearing and sight. All 5 of these senses come together in the brain to create an experience I call being human. From birth, our brain takes in information provided by our senses to help us make decisions about whatever circumstance that we are in. “We make sense of this information based on previous experience (and subsequent learning) and by the combination of the information from each of the senses.” (The Senses Working Together, n.d.) If this information is inaccurate, any decision we make (based off of these inputs) will also be inaccurate. This means that sensory information, in and of itself, is accurate. Have you ever heard of someone screaming and shouting at a computer because it did not behave the way that the operator expected it to behave? More often than not, these malfunctions are due to human error. Computers simply take in information that is given to them, and process out information. If you do not get what you expected, then you most likely did not give the computer what you expected to give it. Our senses do just that – they take in what they are given. It is not the job of our ears to tell us if we like what we heard or not. An ear receives a sound or sounds, and sends them to the brain. How much more accurate can you be? Some may argue the point of how can taste buds be accurate? Some people think things are sweeter than others may think. This must be enough...
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...Perception is a very powerful thing many people rely heavily on other people’s perceptions of them. I myself rely on the fact that people find me to be knowledgeable as well as someone that is easy to talk to in order to do my job well. This paper will help me to understand how perception works through doing an analysis of what three observers declared were their perceptions of a photograph. In this paper, I will explain the steps of the perception process; as well as provide descriptions of my observers as well as explanations as to how their backgrounds may have affected their perceptions. Finally I will look into my observer’s perceptions by analyzing their thoughts. There are three steps in the perception process in this section I will discuss those steps. Step one is selection: which is defined as focusing more on one group of things than another. We do this because our brain is so overloaded with information everyday that it is forced to only focus on certain things. The second step is organization: which can be defined as putting our thoughts about things that seem to fit together, together in order to remember them better. This happens in a moment as soon as we see something our brain automatically assigns it to an area of our brain that holds similar knowledge. The third and final step is interpretation: which can be defined as determining the meaning of certain events or interactions. This step is where we give meaning to what we have...
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...The F.A.T (Frustration, Anxiety, Tension) City Workshop was a class titled “How Difficult Can This Be?” given by Richard D. Lavoie to a diverse group of individuals. The goal of the workshop was to let the attenders experience the frustration, anxiety, and tension faced by children with learning disabilities. Mr. Lavoie was able to, through a series of scenarios, give viewers an inside look into what it is like to have a learning disability. The workshop was held in a classroom with teachers, social workers, parents and siblings of children with a learning disability, psychologists, bank executives, rehabilitation counselors, and children with learning disabilities. The scenarios used by Mr. Lavoie gave us an inside glimpse of what it is...
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...Afeisha Herry Reasons to believe in the accuracy of sensory information: 1. when you touch something hot, your sense of feeling will send messages to your brain and you can remove your hand (or other part of your body) before you get burned .2. Your sense of smell can signal when there is danger. When you smell smoke, there is a fire, or at the very least something smoldering, so you can trust the accuracy of that sensory information. 3. The information provided by your sense of sight usually provides accurate information about the world around you. If you see two people talking, there is no doubt about them actually talking. If you see the sun during the day, you know it is not a cloudy day, etc. Reasons to believe sensory information can be inaccurate: Our past experiences can influence our perception of sensory information. For example, when you see a girl and guy talking, there is no doubt that they are talking, but if you are insecure in your relationship and the boy happens to be your boyfriend, you might jump to wrong conclusions. Though our sensory organs may be working fine, environmental influences may distort our interpretation of the data the organ is sending to us. For example, we could look down a street and not see anyone and think it is safe to walk down that street, but someone could be behind a tree or other object. We do not always interpret sensory data correctly no matter...
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...Title: Mass and Individual Communication for Greater Population Awareness and Receptiveness of Natural/Alternative Methods of Medicine (8th August 2010) Mass and Individual Communication for Greater Population Awareness and Receptiveness of Natural/Alternative Methods of Medicine 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 2.0 MIND BODY CONNECTION 3.0 HEALTH COMMUNICATION 4.0 HEALTH EDUCATION AND LEARNING STYLES IN ADULTS 5.0 CONCLUSION 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Good health is the most important aspect in an individual’s life. Studies have shown that the health of a person can be affected by many different factors. At the advent of science and the development of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures only the physical/environmental factors were thought to influence the health of a person. Thus the health promotion activities that were developed mainly advocated the prevention or enhancement of physical determinants of health. This was boosted by the scientific studies which identified a significant link between the physical factors such as microbial agents and health of a person. Measures have for a long time been developed and are still being researched to address the environmental factors that adversely affect health. The healthcare system in place is sufficiently equipped to address the healthcare needs arising from a person’s interaction with environmental factors. However, more recent research reveals that the greatest cause of ill health does...
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...progress of physical development in infancy and toddlerhood include physical and brain changes; development of reflexes, motor skills, sensations, perceptions, and learning skills; and health issues. The first 4 weeks of life are termed the neonatal period. Most babies weigh between 5 1/2 and 10 pounds, and are between 18 and 22 inches long. Male babies are generally slightly heavier and longer than female babies. Neonates born weighing less than 5 1/2 pounds are of low birthweight. Infants who arrive before their due date are preterm or premature, and these babies may or may not have a low birthweight. Babies who arrive on or shortly after their due date are full‐term. Infants who arrive 2 or more weeks after their due date are postmature. Both premature and postmature babies are at higher risk of complications such as sickness, brain damage, or death, than are full‐term babies. Physical growth is especially rapid during the first 2 years. An infant's birthweight generally doubles by 6 months and triples by the infant's first birthday. Similarly, a baby grows between 10 and 12 inches in length (or height), and the baby's proportions change during the first 2 years. The size of an infant's head decreases in proportion from 1/3 of the entire body at birth, to 1/4 at age 2, to 1/8 by adulthood. Fetal and neonatal brain developments are also rapid. The lower, or subcortical, areas of the brain (responsible for basic life functions, like breathing) develop first, followed...
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...Sensory Perceptions Victoria Shelton Strayer University PHI 210 Joel Goldstein January 25, 2013 Sensory Perceptions Reasons for believing in the accuracy of sensory information What is sensory perception? Sensory perception is the events or occurrences in the environment a person takes in, processes and understands through their five senses. Three reasons for believing in the accuracy or inaccuracy of sensory information is perception, interpretation, and knowledge. In the words of Jacques Barzun, “In ordinary speech the words perception and sensation tend to be used interchangeably, but the psychologist distinguishes. Sensations are the items of consciousness—a color, a weight, a texture—that we tend to think of as simple and single. Perceptions are complex affairs that embrace sensation together with other, associated or revived contents of the mind, including emotions (Barzun, 1907).” Perception is the organization, identification and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment (2003). This is as a result of organizing and interpreting information that is gained from our five senses which we use on a daily basis. Our senses can be helpful to us in many ways by providing our brains with the right information, or harmful by making our minds play tricks on us. The accuracy of this information that is taken in varies because of many different reasons. Sensory information is gained as first-hand information...
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...Research Common sense is defined as sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts. In layman’s terms, common sense is the knowledge and experience which most people already have, or which the person using the term believes that they do or should have. The limitations of this approach can be grouped into three categories: extrinsic limitations (the result of factors extraneous to experience), limitations of common sense as a social practice (ensuing from the way knowledge is shared and communicated) and intrinsic limitations (limited viewpoint). Extrinsic limitations Extrinsic limitations can be bias or dogmatic. Bias limitations is insights based on personal experiences are difficult to distinguish from one's preferences, desires or fears. Dogmatism limitation is when beliefs based on common sense become embedded in a particular cultural framework, they are very difficult to change and often become dogmatic. Limitations of common sense as a social practice Limitations can be intangible or elusiveness in nature. According to this limitation, common sense is based on clues often too complex and subtle to be rationally explained and systematically described. Intrinsic limitations Intrinsic limitations are limited in scope and inaccurate in nature. Limited scope means that common sense is limited one’s own experiences which is not taking into account all aspects of reality. Imprecision limitations mean that common sense relies on ‘rule...
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...Gender Identity Every sexual thought, attraction,preference, development, feeling, memory, fantasy, and choice stem from complex brain activity. A complex genetic code determines body type; but that type does not always dictate sexual identity. Sexual identity is an even more complex development that encompasses hormone levels, social learning, individual perception, and attraction. Humans are born genetically male or female; but that does not necessarily control which sexual identity the individual will discover. Planned Parenthood (2012) defines gender identity as how a person feels about and expresses his or her gender; despite genetic or natural gender assignment. Some humans are genetically male or female and identify with the traditional gender roles; but others may find that the traditional cultural norms do not match their feelings or thoughts. Sexual identity is the sexual part of human expression that does not include ideas like sexual orientation, sexual preference, physical gender, or body type. If an individual considers his or her gender as female and is at ease with referring to his or her individual sexual characteristics in feminine terms, his or her gender identity is female. Gender identity has nothing to do with the physical characteristics of gender; but focuses on how the individual thinks (either masculine or feminine) and how he or she expresses those feelings. Ghosh (2012) explains gender identity as “self-identified, as a result of a combination...
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