Amyglada

[ellaa81]

Hi guys, so I went to a lecture last night and it was emphasised that although the amyglada is on the study design, it isn't really covered in a couple of textbooks.
My textbook happens to be one of them (Grivas) so I was wondering if someone could fill me in?
Thanks in advance

[Genericname2365]

I can't find the amygdala on the study design. It's definitely on the study design for 2013-2016, but it just says hippocampus and temporal lobe on the current one, to my knowledge. 

[ellaa81]

I can't find the amygdala on the study design. It's definitely on the study design for 2013-2016, but it just says hippocampus and temporal lobe on the current one, to my knowledge. 

Ahhh yes sorry, it's coming back to me now - he said that although it's not explicitly stated in the SS it comes under the temporal lobe (I was frantically scribbling down heaps of info so I must have got a bit confused - sorry about that haha).
But anyway he said it is definitely a component of the temporal lobe and that we need to learn it, particularly because it was a pretty significant part of the sample extended response.
Btw - the lecturer was Roger Edwards so I'd be taking his word haha

[Genericname2365]

I can't find the amygdala on the study design. It's definitely on the study design for 2013-2016, but it just says hippocampus and temporal lobe on the current one, to my knowledge. 

Ahhh yes sorry, it's coming back to me now - he said that although it's not explicitly stated in the SS it comes under the temporal lobe (I was frantically scribbling down heaps of info so I must have got a bit confused - sorry about that haha).
But anyway he said it is definitely a component of the temporal lobe and that we need to learn it, particularly because it was a pretty significant part of the sample extended response.
Btw - the lecturer was Roger Edwards so I'd be taking his word haha

This makes me wonder how many surprises have a chance of cropping up on this exam. 

[BlueSky_3]

Who is that guy?

[Genericname2365]

Who is that guy?

http://education.theage.com.au/cmspage.php?intid=154&intversion=45
One of the examiners apparently.

[ellaa81]

Who is that guy?

The chief examiner.
And yes, I wonder what else they'll pull out

[joseph95]

Amygdala

• involved in the formation of implicit memories or procedural memories
• activates the hippocampus and enhances the consolidation of memory
• enables learning through classical conditioning
• formation of emotional memories and phobias

I would say only the first point and possibly the second are all you need to know.

[Slumdawg]

Yes that's definitely correct you need to know about the amygdala and its role in memory, in quite a bit of detail! The Grivas book definitely doesn't do it justice, so make sure you learn it for your exam.. It appeared on both the sample exam and last year's actual unit 3 exam!

Other areas that the Grivas book does not cover well include:
- The RAS and Thalamus
- Motion-after effect (it doesn't clearly explain that it is caused by neural adaptation, which was actually examined in last year's exam!)
- Strengths and Limitations of Forgetting Theories (you should know 2 strengths and 2 limitations for each theory!)

The rest of the book covers concepts pretty well, but the above areas definitely aren't covered properly. There are even more for unit 4! The examiners don't just use the Grivas textbook as a guide to what they'll exam. They use the study design, and some areas of the study design are not given enough attention in the Grivas textbook.

[dzzhao]

Yes that's definitely correct you need to know about the amygdala and its role in memory, in quite a bit of detail! The Grivas book definitely doesn't do it justice, so make sure you learn it for your exam.. It appeared on both the sample exam and last year's actual unit 3 exam!

Other areas that the Grivas book does not cover well include:
- The RAS and Thalamus
- Motion-after effect (it doesn't clearly explain that it is caused by neural adaptation, which was actually examined in last year's exam!)
- Strengths and Limitations of Forgetting Theories (you should know 2 strengths and 2 limitations for each theory!)

The rest of the book covers concepts pretty well, but the above areas definitely aren't covered properly. There are even more for unit 4! The examiners don't just use the Grivas textbook as a guide to what they'll exam. They use the study design, and some areas of the study design are not given enough attention in the Grivas textbook.

What do you mean "strengths" of the forgetting theories? surely there aren't really strengths in them but moreso they are comparible to eachother, unless you're talking about research evidence or something?

[Slumdawg]

Strengths means evidence in support of the theory, i.e. anything that adds more weight to the theory.

And I didn't come up with that idea, it is stated in the study design "strengths and limitations of the forgetting theories" - therefore it's definitely examinable for any of the four theories.

[Genericname2365]

What would be a suitable definition for the amyglada, seeing as I don't have it in my textbook?
Would something like this be okay? The amygdala an almond-shaped twin set of nuclei located deep inside the medial temporal lobes, involved in... (I'm still learning about it, hence the ellipsis)

[Camo]

Last year this pissed people off cause it wasn't included in the study design and therefore the textbooks didn't cover it until later chapters. However the examinors warned that it would not be on the midyear.

So what question appeared on the mid year?

Yeah, I think you can guess.

[shaiga95]

Where is a good place to find the strengths and limitations of the 4 theories of forgetting?

[Slumdawg]

Where is a good place to find the strengths and limitations of the 4 theories of forgetting?

Well if you have a copy of the psychology unit 3 summary notes from the Connect Education, I made sure I included at least 2 strengths and limitations for each theory in there. You can grab a copy of the notes on the website if you didn't attend the lecture. Otherwise, the only textbook that covers it in detail (to my knowledge and I've read most of the psychology texts) is the Cambridge 'Uncovering Psychology' textbook.