Monthly Archives: February 2021
Post Of The Week – Saturday 27th February 2021
1) Human Genome In working on the Biological Approach in Year 1, I have been trying to explain how developments in brain imaging and in genetics in the 1990s led to the belief that it would be possible to offer sufficient explanations of behaviour and disorders in terms of biology. This article explains how, in […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday 21st February 2021
1) Characteristics Of Depression We’ll be looking at clinical characteristics of depression in Year 1 in the next few weeks. This article explains how loss of interest and pleasure in activities is a characteristic of depression. It also explains why reactivating such activities is beneficial. 2) Nicotine Replacement Therapy We’ll be looking at this as […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday 13th February 2021
1) Social Cognition We’ll be look at this as a sub-topic in Year 2 after half term. Here, Barbara Sahakian and colleagues look at the impact on young children interacting with each other because of pandemic restrictions. It’s a story about nature and nurture. It is also a story about the connection between social cognition […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday 6th February, 2021
1) Steven Pinker’s Lectures These are for his introductory course in Psychology. They are great, especially for AS students as we make our way through Approaches. Lecture 2 – Psychoanalysis And The Behavioural Approachl https://harvard.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=bc3f3706-b0a3-4657-99f5-acbd0026b6ef Lecture 3 – The Multilevel Cognitive-Biological Approach https://harvard.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=4cf43826-87b9-4389-997d-acc200d51558 Lecture 4 – Evolution Of Mind And Brain https://harvard.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=72e35c99-79a2-49a0-8a1a-acc400d02e4f# 2) Ethics Of […]
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