Intropsych Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Name two reasons why Neuropsy. could be important for the court! correct answers Marr's Levels of Analysis (David Marr-1982) Vision: A Computational Investigation into the Human Representation and Processing of Visual Information correct answers Computational level: What is the goal of the system? Algorithmic/Mechanistic level: What steps are needed to accomplish the task? Which representations or operations are unsed to solve the problem? Implementation level: How is the algorithm imple...

This is a summary of the course Intro to Clinical Neuropsychology written in the year 2023/2024, from which I received the grade 8.5. It is based on the lectures, while covering the most important parts of the book. It includes pictures and graphs present in the book. Some parts of chapters are skipped due to the professor's comments on their necessity during our lectures. The content could be different if you buy it in a different year.

Cognitive Neuropsychology correct answers Testing theories of how people are able to carry out tasks of cognition by studying cognitive performance in people with brain damage. double dissociation correct answers when two related mental processes are shown to function independently of each other association correct answers converging operations correct answers ABBA design correct answers Experimental design in which two different tasks (A and B) are presented in the order A, B, B,...

Phrenology correct answers The study of the conformation of the skull based on the belief that it is indicative of mental faculties and character. promoted the idea of functional localization. Hippocrates (400 BC) correct answers thought that all abnormal behaviours and emotions stemmed from the workings of the brain Renaissance Era correct answers revival of science and medicine Franz Joseph Gal correct answers - Knew behaviour was a result of the functioning of the brain - Thought th...

Summary for the course "introduction to clinical neuropsychology"

This file contains a compact overview of the lecture slides, with a few added notes, for the course Introduction to Clinical Neuropsychology. All chapters you need for this course are covered!

Study/lecture notes for first-year psychology - an introduction to neuropsychology *Please note that the information in the document is not my own knowledge, it belongs to the Unversity of the Witwatersrand and is comprised of notes from lectures and textbooks.

The above is a summary of an introductory class that lays the foundation for Neuropsychology. It basically highlights and defines what Neuropsychology is, the branches of Neuropsychology, where neuropsychologists work, the goals of Neuropsychology, and the history of Neuropsychology. It then describes what a Neuron is, the different types of Neurons and what they do, what a ganglion, nerve, white matter, and gray matter consist of, and the structure of a neuron. Last but not least, the docume...

A brief introductory to neuroanatomy with notes summarising the nervous system. I begin by looking at the brain and its protective layers which you should be able to detail after this module. Following on, enjoy detailed notes on commissural pathways and some disorders that are associated with them. Finally, an in-depth look at how the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system develop in embryology. I recommend revising any key words highlighted in bold for your exam.

Neuropsychology correct answers Neurology, Psychometrics, Cognition and Clinical Psychology Brain-Behaviour Relationships correct answers Study the brain by looking at its behavioural product - concept of who we are depends on an intact, functioning brain, change in the brain due to injury/disease results in a change in behaviour Neuropsychologist correct answers Evaluation and diagnosis, rehabilitation, teaching and research, medicolegal Neuropsychological Evaluation correct answers As...