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Uncovering Psychology - VCE Units 3 and 4 has been written by experienced practising psychology teachers for Units 3 & 4 of the VCE Study Design, implemented in 2011. It comprehensively covers all aspects of the VCE course in a clear and logical progression as it introduces students to the fascinating world of psychology as both theory and practice. In each unit, students are encouraged to engage with new concepts, to understand essential research methods, and to master the key investigation, application and communication skills required for VCE success. The student text is also supported by: * an electronic version of the text on CD-ROM included with the book * a student workbook containing activities from the text to be completed in the workbook * summaries and assessment tasks * a student website with links to interactive activities, websites and other recent case studies
Contents
An introduction for students new to Psychology; Defining psychology; Psychology as a profession; The relationship between psychology and psychiatry; A brief history of the development of psychology; Major psychological perspectives; Psychology as a science; Unit 3: The conscious self; Area of study 1; Mind, brain and body; Outcome 1; 1. Research methods; Populations and samples; Experimental research; Statistics; Reporting conventions; Ethical principles and professional conduct; Research methods; 2. Consciousness; Rene Descartes and mind-body dualism; William James and the stream of consciousness; Normal waking consciousness; Altered states of consciousness; 3. Sleep as an altered state of consciousness; REM and NREM sleep; The purpose of sleep; Methods used to measure states of consciousness; Sleep laboratories; Video monitoring; Self-reports; Sleep deprivation; 4. Cognitive Process: Structures and function; The Human Nervous System - Central; Peripheral and Autonomic Nervous Systems; Roles of the four lobes of the cerebral cortex; Hemispheric specialisation; Roles of midbrain and hindbrain; 5. Cognitive Process: Implications for the understanding of consciousness; Studies of aphasia; Spatial neglect; Split brain studies including the work of Sperry and Gazzaniga; Perceptual anomalies; Synaesthesia; Brain research methods; Studying the brain; Area of Study 2; Memory; Outcome 2; 6. Theories of memory, the neural basis of memory and memory retention; Explaining memory; Mechanisms of memory formation; Comparison of models for explaining human memory; The Atkinson-Shiffrin model; Organisation of the LTM; Models of memory; The working memory; Levels of processing; 7. Theories of forgetting and manipulation of memory; Retrieval failure theory; Interference theory; Motivated forgetting; Decay theory; Manipulation of memory; Early research; Ebbinghaus and his forgetting curve; Measures of retention; Improving memory - the use of context dependent cues; Improving memory - the use of state dependent cues; Eyewitness testimony; Why do we forget - theories of forgetting; Unit 4: Brain, behaviour and experience; Area of study 1; Learning; Outcome 1; 8. Theories of learning and the neural basis of learning; Behaviours not dependent on learning; Biological bases of learning; Brain plasticity; Identifying changes in the brain with imaging technologies; 9. Theories of learning: Conditioning; Classical conditioning; Ethical issues in Watson & Rayner's (1920) 'Little Albert' experiment; Conditioned taste aversion; Applications of classical conditioning; Instrumental learning; Operant conditioning; Applications of operant conditioning; Comparison of classical and operant conditioning; 10. Theories of learning: Cognitive learning; Insight learning; Latent learning; Observational learning; Area of Study 2; Mental health; Outcome 2; 11. Mental health, mental illness and the biopsychosocial framework; The difference between mental health and mental illness; Systems of classification of mental conditions and disorders; The biopsychosocial model; 12. Applying a biopsychosocial framework: the stress and wellbeing relationship; Physiological and psychological characteristics of responses to stress; Selyes' General Adaption Syndrome; Psychological determinants in the stress response; Transactional model of stress and coping; Social; cultural and environmental factors; Allostasis; Coping with stress; 13. Applying a biopsychosocial framework: Anxiety disorders and specific (simple) phobia; Anxiety as a disorder; Specific or simple phobia; Application of the biopsychosocial framework; Interaction of biopsychosocial factors in specific phobia; 14. Applying a biopsychosocial framework: Major depression; Diagnosis of major depression; Application of the biopsychosocial framework; Interaction of biopsychosocial factors in major depression; 15. Applying
