I really like the neurological and biological side of psychology, that’s why for this journal I am going to discuss the senses, and specifically how they work in me, vs. my brother Cody with sight and hearing. Disclaimer, my brother and I are not biologically related, but since we are both humans, we share 99.5% of the same DNA, so I say it's a fair biological comparison. As a summary Cody has a form of Autism called Asperger's, with that comes Sensory Overload, and he also has Synesthesia, I on the other hand have Sensory, Auditory, and Visual Processing Disorders; and am color, depth, and shade blind. Cody and I are polar opposites when it comes to the five senses, so it makes the comparison very cool. All of this stuff gets super complicated …show more content…
If you give me a hearing test I will score 100% fine, does that mean I can hear, yes, does that mean I can hear you no. If you try to talk to me at a regular pace in a quiet room, with no distractions, then their is a 75 to 100% chance I will catch what you are saying to me. For example One time my dad was working in the background while I was watching a show, after we left I asked my dad, “Why did you have a foreign language channel on?”, and he didn’t know what I was talking about. The sound was so much of a distraction I couldn't even gather that the people on the screen where speaking English. The way it affects me really varies, sometimes it sounds like people are trailing off, sometimes it sounds like people are whispering, other times it’s like people are only saying every other or third word. It sucks. As an additive bonus I can’t read lips to save my life. Some could say to me “I need to go to the hospital,” and I could respond, “why do you want pasta?”. About 50 to 75% of the time I can improvise, or use context clues to sort out what people are trying to tell me, but sometimes I get it wrong. Trust me, it's not fun to laugh when someone at the lunch table said that their grandpa died, because you had a delayed reaction. I also can’t multitask if people are talking. So typing, while my friends are conversing at the table, isn’t going to happen, I will often start to type what they are saying. Music doesn’t normally bother me though, when it comes to multitasking. When it comes to song lyrics though I am the king of misheard lyrics. Most of the time for others, like my friends this is entertaining, because it somehow fits into what they were discussing, but for me not being able to hear isn’t fun. If my friends are talking at the lunch table, and more than two people are talking, I just give up, and don’t pay attention. In school you have to be able to do one of two things, see or
I tend to view life based on my five senses more than I should… I know you don’t do that, I’m the issue here!
I am a student from the midlothian campus retaking BIO 101 for the third time. Last semester, I enrolled for BIO 101 with Prof. Rupa Bandyopadhyay. I did not preform well in her class as my father became injured and after multiple knee surgeries he was unable to work and drive. From that, I ended up moving to his house in Glen Allen to help him around which resulted in me missing classes which prevented me from the coursework. Although I failed this class, from the beginning, before my father's injury, I had actively participated in class sessions and found the way she taught/lectured was very understandable and effective. After gaining your approval to retake this class with the same professor, I aimed to fully
Ecosystems are the basic biological units of ecology, and consist of biotic organisms and their interactions amongst other living organisms, as well as the surrounding abiotic environment (Putman and Wratten 1984). One facet of ecosystems that is less-often mentioned is the process of decomposition, as it many may view it as an unclean, unpleasant process that occurs after an organism has ceased to exist. To those with an ecological framework, however, decomposition is viewed as the opposite – an interesting, intricate process teeming with biological activity and life (Swan and Kominoski 2012). What is decomposition? Formally, decomposition is defined as the process to which complex organic matter is broken down to its basic constituents (i.e.
Most of the population doesn’t get a certain taste in their mouth when we hear a certain music note and we don’t see certain letters in colors. But for people with forms of synaesthesia, they experience many of these mixing of senses. Typically synaesthesia starts in early childhood and is consistent as the person ages. It is known that the experiences occur with no conscious effort. There are two common forms of synaesthesia, color–graphemic synaesthesia, where specific numbers and letters or words, written and/or spoken, provoking a reaction to seeing different colors. And the second being, color–phonemic synaesthesia, the spoken form. There are reports that state that there are many types of inducers (the stimulus that triggers the synaesthetic experience) and concurrent (the synaesthetic experience itself).
If you were told to believe a side of an argument that did not have majority of evidence points on its side, would you? The theories of evolution, creation and intelligent design have been a debated controversy for years and years. These three theories have three different ideas. The theory that creationists have is to believe that concept and design require a Creator. Creationists usually tend to believe that each organism is created as a single and distinct organism. Evolutionists tend to believe that all life started from single celled organisms. They believe that these single celled organisms are part of a continuing evolution over a very long period of time and that this evolution results in the development of new varieties and different species. People who believe in intelligent design believe in the theory that the universe cannot have arisen by chance and was designed and created by some intelligent entity. Evolution is the theory that is most probable because of the fossil record, similarities in all organisms and genetic changes in a population over time.
Initial Reflective Essay When I first thought of what I wanted to do with my life after college, the first thing I thought of was helping people. The next step in deciding what I wanted to do with my life was to examine how I could accomplish this goal. I started pondering and I was thinking about how much I love to take care of my body. Health care and personal hygiene has always been an important factor in my life. So I decided to major in Health Sciences.
Perception plays a huge role in someone’s life. “When a distinction is made between sensation and perception, sensation is frequently identified as involving simple “elementary” processes that occur right at the beginning of a sensory system, as when light stimulates receptors in the eye. In contrast, perception is identified with complicated processes that involves higher-order mechanisms such as understanding and memory that involve activity in the brain” (Goldstein, 1980, p. 7). It is simply the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the five senses. Perception aids us to navigate through the world, avoid danger, make decisions, and prepare for action.
Darwinism, the theory of evolution, is a controversial theory that is still being contemplated today. Before the 19th century scientist were puzzled by the idea of where humans, plants, and animals originated. In the late 1700s the question was first tried by a group of scientist, but they were not successful. It was not until a young Charles Darwin found interest in the subject that the discovery was finally able to become a theory. His observations led to his theory of evolution by natural selection. Although, it was a new discovery that shocked so many, Darwin and his accomplices did not realize how significant their newfound theory was. ~~~~
“Modern man does not experience himself as a part of nature but as an outside force destined to dominate and conquer it. He even talks of a battle with nature, forgetting that if he won the battle he would find himself on the losing side” (E.F. Schumacher, 1974).
Another type of listening barrier that I have is differing speech rate and thought rate. My brain is fast at processing words and sometimes in moments I get bored in the conversation and I begin to daydream. This happened recently with a conversation with one of my classmates. I got so lost in a daydream that I did not know how to respond. Being a better listener takes time and dedication. Something that I learned from the textbook is that during a conversation summarizes their words sporadically throughout the conversation; it will help me to be focused in
However, categorical perception and its effects are not limited to auditory stimuli. As mentioned earlier, a categorical perception effect can also be seen in different kinds of visual stimuli.The perception of colors in a rainbow may be the most obvious example of CP. Even though a rainbow consists of many different wavelengths of visible light, observers only perceive distinct colors and not the full continuum of existing visible light (Goldstone, 2009). In addition to applying to relatively simple stimuli such as colors, categorical perception can also partially explain expertise in certain subject areas. Radiologists, for instance, are particularly skilled at spotting differences between X-Ray images. These experts have developed an ability to spot meaningful (cross-category)differences while minimizing irrelevant (within-category) ones (Goldstone, 1994). Categorical perception has also been demonstrated in facial expressions and basic shapes (Beale and Keil,
Auditory processing is the process of taking in sound through the ear and having it travel to the language portion of the brain to be interpreted. In simpler terms, “What the brain does with what the ear hears”(Katz and Wilde, 1994). Problems with auditory processing can affect a student’s ability to develop language skills and communicate effectively. “If the sounds of speech are not delivered to the language system accurately and quickly, then surely the language ability would be compromised” (Miller, 2011). There are many skills involved in auditory processing which are required for basic listening and communication processes. These include, sensation, discrimination, localization, auditory attention, auditory figure-ground, auditory discrimination, auditory closure, auditory synthesis, auditory analysis, auditory association, and auditory memory. (Florida Department of Education, 2001) A person can undergo a variety of problems if there is damage in auditory processing . An auditory decoding deficit is when the language dominant hemisphere does not function properly, which affects speech sound encoding. (ACENTA,2003) Some indicators of a person struggling with an auditory decoding deficit would be weakness in semantics, difficulty with reading and spelling, and frequently mishearing information. Another problem associated with auditory processing is binaural integration/separation deficit. This occurs in the corpus callosum and is a result of poor communication between the two hemispheres of the brain. (ACENTA,2003) A person with this will have difficulty performing tasks that require intersensory and/or multi-sensory communication. They may have trouble with reading, spelling, writi...
Sleep has a very important role in a person’s physical health and wellbeing, yet in the U.S., only 56% of Americans get recommended amount of sleep. The average sleep requirement for students in college is around 8 hours. If students don’t reach that amount, they have created a sleep debt. A sleep debt is when all lost sleep accumulates to create a larger sleep indebtedness. The sleep debt does not disappear or decline; you can only reduce your debt by obtaining extra sleep above the daily requirement.
I had taken it for granted that the whole world shared these perceptions with me, so my father's perplexed reaction was totally unexpected. From my point of view, I felt as if I'd made a statement as ordinary as "apples are red" and "leaves are green" and had elicited a thoroughly bewildered response. I didn't know then that seeing such things as yellow P's and orange R's, or green B's, purple 5's, brown Mondays and turquoise Thursdays was unique to the one in two thousand persons like myself who were hosts to a quirky neurological phenomenon called synesthesia. Later in my life, I would read about neuroscientists at NIH and Yale University working to understand the phenomenon.
Your brain has to work at a level that it 's not used to, and when things get too complicated, you realize that you build a safety mechanism that allows you to have selective hearing. You also start avoiding conversations because of the fatigue that it causes you but don 't feed into this! It 'll be harder at first to get your points across or understand intricate dialogues, but don 't frame yourself as that big loser who has no personality because you have one, and there are ways to show it even without language. Bringing me to my next