Psychology 2014

[Vermilliona]

• applications, and comparisons, of learning theories:
– classical conditioning as informed by Ivan Pavlov: roles of neutral, unconditioned, conditioned
stimuli; unconditioned and conditioned responses
– applications of classical conditioning: graduated exposure, aversion therapy, flooding

from 2013 study design

I just assumed that to mean taste aversion? But then on another part of the study design, in an example of an assessement task, it says

Taste aversion – not classical conditioning

But then it lists it above under applications of classical conditioning? is VCAA trippin or am I

[Politics]

Thanks for the help everyone

[more_vanilla]

from 2013 study design

I just assumed that to mean taste aversion? But then on another part of the study design, in an example of an assessement task, it says

But then it lists it above under applications of classical conditioning? is VCAA trippin or am I

Taste aversion is not the same as aversion therapy :L
Aversion therapy is a type of behavioural therapy that uses the principles of classical conditioning to treat undesirable behaviours like nail biting. There's more info in both grivas and oxford textbook

[StupidProdigy]

Taste aversion is pretty similar to one trial learning and I'm pretty sure does come into the study design (only taste aversion-not one trial learning). Just remember that taste aversion is a learning process with similar elements to cc and that aversion therapy is a technique which aims extinguish/remove a cc behaviour

[Vermilliona]

Ah ok, I get it now, I was thinking of taste aversion as being a type of aversion therapy where they associate a certain taste like beer with negative physiological consequences.. Which does kind of make sense, but it's best to have it clear in my head Thanks all!

[Vermilliona]

Ok alright now that I've gotten over that derp, riddle me this:

Question 31 on last year's VCAA exam:

After his stroke, a patient was unable to recognise his parents' faces although he could identify their voices. A scan of the patient's brain would most likely indicate damage to:
a) frontal lobe
b) parietal lobe
c) occipital lobe
d) temporal lobe

Answer on report: D, temporal lobe

Meanwhile, Oxford textbook:

If a person’s association cortex of the occipital lobe is damaged, it is unlikely to cause
blindness or a gap in the sight: however, the person is unlikely to be able to recogizise
things by sight. For example, when shown a picture of a dog, the person might say
it has four legs, big teeth and fur but is unable to recognise it as a dog. When people
with this type of damage are unable to recognise the faces of íàmiliar people but can
recognise them by the sound of their voice, they are said to have visual agnosia.

Am I being weird again, or is this contradictory.

[ealam2]

Taste aversion is not in the study design as it falls under one-trail learning which has been deleted from the new study design.

Ok alright now that I've gotten over that derp, riddle me this:

Question 31 on last year's VCAA exam:

After his stroke, a patient was unable to recognise his parents' faces although he could identify their voices. A scan of the patient's brain would most likely indicate damage to:
a) frontal lobe
b) parietal lobe
c) occipital lobe
d) temporal lobe

Answer on report: D, temporal lobe

Meanwhile, Oxford textbook:

Am I being weird again, or is this contradictory.

I'd go with what VCAA says. I think that bit from Oxford is just overcomplicating things. Sorry this doesn't help much.

[Paulrus]

Ok alright now that I've gotten over that derp, riddle me this:

Question 31 on last year's VCAA exam:

After his stroke, a patient was unable to recognise his parents' faces although he could identify their voices. A scan of the patient's brain would most likely indicate damaga to:
a) frontal lobe
b) parietal lobe
c) occipital lobe
d) temporal lobe

Answer on report: D, temporal lobe

Meanwhile, Oxford textbook:

Am I being weird again, or is this contradictory.

that's definitely contradictory, but i feel like the book is at odds with what i remember learning last year as well. i definitely remember learning that the association areas of the temporal lobe are involved with facial recognition, not the occipital. could be a mistake in the textbook? 
i think i ended up picking temporal lobe on the basis that it could have damaged the association areas of the temporal lobe (affecting facial recognition) but not the primary auditory cortex, leaving hearing intact. or something along those lines idk, i've suppressed most of my memories of that exam haha. was definitely a traumatic experience

[StupidProdigy]

Hey guys!
With the d.a.r.e acronym do we only use that to describe the eeg or do you define emg and eog with it too? Thanks!!

[~V]

Hey guys!
With the d.a.r.e acronym do we only use that to describe the eeg or do you define emg and eog with it too? Thanks!!

Yes! All those detect, amplify, record electrical activity. EEG- in the form of brain waves. EMG- form of muscular activity or muscle tone(?). EOG- measures movement of the muscles around eyes.

[StupidProdigy]

Yes! All those detect, amplify, record electrical activity. EEG- in the form of brain waves. EMG- form of muscular activity or muscle tone(?). EOG- measures movement of the muscles around eyes.

Thankyou so much, +1!

[anna.xo]

Just wondering if anybody has questions on amnesia and sleep deprivation from things such as checkpoints or A+ notes or anything that they would be willing to send to me ? It would be greatly appreciated !

[StupidProdigy]

Do we need to know about the role of the thalamus??

[anna.xo]

Do we need to know about the role of the thalamus??

Is this the same as the hypothalamus ? If so, I don't think so.

Do you have to know about taste aversion ? Because I haven't seen it on the study design but its on practice exams from 2013.

[~V]

Is this the same as the hypothalamus ? If so, I don't think so.

Do you have to know about taste aversion ? Because I haven't seen it on the study design but its on practice exams from 2013.

Isn't that just "aversion therapy"? if so, you do need to know it.