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This is both hilarious and intellectually relevant to both IB psychology and TOK as it deals with the way of knowing of Perception and the specific concept of “mental sets” in perceptual construction in IB psychology. See how foodies react to mcdonalds food when they’re …
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction is growing in popularity thanks to the expanding knowledge of the impact meditation has on cognition. The University of Wisconsin–Madison has been doing amazing research in this regard, even giving an fMRI to the Dalai Llama himself! http://www.news.wisc.edu/22370 There are also …
Complete the Stress Understood Learning Helper below and we’ll work on Coping Strategies next class! Health Psychology – stress response
As we watch the National Geographic Documentary, Stress: Portrait of a Killer you must follow along actively using the following note taking guide custom designed JUST FOR YOU!!! Awesome! Stress Portrait of a Killer Video Notes Also, make sure you’re taking in all the above while …
Watch this great TED talk on using stress to our advantage as opposed to disadvantage and consider the following: How does this relate to other areas of cognitive psychology? How does this relate to “learned Helplesness” and the the longitudinal study by Marmot et al …
Treatment: As far as the IB is concerned, there are 4 main types of treatment for disorders: Biomedical, Individual, Group & Eclectic. By far, the most popular treatment practiced today is the Eclectic Approach to treatment which is a combination of 2 or more of …
Interesting article below elucidating recent studies on specific opiate receptors in brain that are active/inactive in patients with PTSD and the hope that greater understanding of brain regions involved in PTSD could lead to a more specific treatment. The lead doctor writes: “Our study points …
Watch the incredibly informative and insightful ted talk linked below and then complete the case study! We’ll discuss the ideas contained within such as: Mind as different from brain Depression as a holistic disorder, not brain based Ineffectiveness of SSRI based treatments “Eclectic Approaches” to …
Read this piece in the NYtimes on the prevalence of prescribed anti depressants and be ready to discuss! Consider the following questions/statements: What are the difficulties of treating depression amongst the “emerging adult” age group, 18-28? Why are anti depressants so readily prescribed? What neurotransmitter …
Read the incredible article, The Brain on Trial by neuroscientist David Eagelman director of the Baylor Laboratory of Behavior and Perception on the incredibly profound effects brain chemistry has on our behavior. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/07/the-brain-on-trial/308520/ The article brings up a number of questions including: 1. Do we have …