Darkthorn’s Blog

Sound is a wave of pressure travelling through an elastic medium by mechanical disturbance of the molecules of the medium. External ear – pinna and other appendages – funnels sound into ear canal and modifies the sound Middle ear – tympanum (eardrum), mallus/incus/stapes and Eustachian tube – optimizes delivery of air-born sounds energy o ossicles [...]

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Organization of the Nervous System – one of the two control systems of the body (endocrine system) – maintains homeostatis through control of the other body systems (first communication system, responsible for higher function) PNS – nervous system outside the brain/spinal cord – somatic – innervates skin, muscle, joints – visceral – innervates internal organs, [...]

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prosimian primates – humans – have a large proportion of white matter – better connections – large pyramidal cells, more dendritic cells – specific to association cortex – a number of unique areas, particularly language areas

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- Short term memory – a collection of mental processes that permits information to be held temporarily in an accessible state, in the service of some mental task. – Short term store – interpret information selected for transfer into sensory store, maintain information, transfer and review information from long term memory – capacity of 7+/- [...]

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Islam – Logbook Exercise 6.3 How do the Five Pillars express islam, submissiveness? The basic activities in which a Muslim demonstrates his commitment and submissiveness to Allah are the Five Pillars. These include the profession of faith, payer, alms giving, fasting in Ramadan and Pilgrimage. Shahada, the first pillar of Islam, is the profession of [...]

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- 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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Judaism – Logbook Exercise 3.1 How does the idea that Judaism has been superseded lead to a negative view of persisting Judaism? What statements about Judaism as a religion, and of the Jewish leadership and people, express this negative view in the New Testament? Many major religions, such as Christianity and Islam, have benefited from [...]

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- Cognition – the collection of metal processes and activities used in perceiving, thinking and understanding. – Cognitive psychology – how people learn, store and use information – Early psychologists o Wundt – introspection o Titchner – structuralism o James – functionalism o Ebbinghour – scientific method o Behaviourism vs neobehaviourism – SàR SàOàR o [...]

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