Darkthorn’s Blog

- Long term memory – Tulving o Procedural – skills, unconscious, automatic o Semantic – factual knowledge, impersonal o Episodic – autobiographical, time and place – Encoding processes o Repetition o Rehearsal – maintenance vs elaborative rehearsal o Elaboration – engaging in processes that enhance understanding o Organisation – structuring and restructuring of information as [...]

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Synapse – Speed and Efficiency Presynaptic – neurotransmitter ready for release (release mechanisms present) Synapse – effective communication pathway (where transmitter removal occurs) Postsynaptic – receptive molecules (five sub units, each with 4 membrane spanning regions) Neurotransmitter – synthesized in advance, then stored in vesicles Within a bouton – similar numbers of neurotransmitter per vesicle, [...]

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Australian Aboriginal Religion – Logbook Exercise 4.3 Outline and comment on three functions of ritual in Aboriginal Societies. Refer to examples of rituals. Australian Aboriginal rituals are impossible to categorize simply, partially because of the wide spread of different tribes across the continent (Stanner, 1976). Stanner (1976) discusses the failed attempt to classify major rituals [...]

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