Community Based Psychology
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Psychology 12-10-04
New type of psychology: community psychology
Preventative 1960's in mental health communities instead of hospitals, not to cure patients, but to help them feel better about themselves.
Community focused treatment: TEST
Final review:
Classes after the midterm chapters 3,6,7,8,10,11,12,13. Must be taken before 12 noon
* Processing- top down relies mainly on cognitive factors: if something doesn't make sense at first and then becomes clear after you are familiar with it
* Bottom up processing- sensory- looking at the environment
* Perception- making meaning of env. Info and hen turning it into meaningful exper.
* Sensation- collecting raw info. From the envir.
* Transduction- being able to convert way you hear from the env so ur brain can recognize it
* Accessory structures- modify the physical energy from the outside world
* Processes of memory- 1) encoding what you see in the env
* Storing it in your brain
* Retrieving you info
Recall
Recognition
Storage of short term items...appx. 7-9
* How long does it take to keep something in short term memo? 20 sec
* Sternberg's deff of intelligence- possession of knowledge. Ability to proficiently Use it, and reason with it in different
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