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Why do smart people do stupid things?
Intelligence is both easy and difficult to define. It is easy if you define it as a score on a test. It is difficult if you define it as abiity.
We’re not very good at measuring ability. We can predict school behavior (sitting still, using words, etc.) but not success in life. And certainly not the value of a person. People have lots of different skills and abilities. School is only one of them.
Here’s what is included in this lesson:
- IQ, day dreaming, top-down processing
- ADHD, dyslexia & Asperger’s
- baboons, chimps & parrots
- language
OI can’t remember. Why can’t I remember?
Memory disorders are not limited to the elderly. Several diseases can cause memory problems, some of them are more common as you age.
When you’re healthy, there are few problems with memory. Memory is a collection of several systems, it is not a single process. We store the memories in different parts of the brain. So losing one aspect of a system doesn’t always stop the other systems from working properly.
Here’s what is included in this lesson:
- multiple systems for multiple tasks
- aphasia, apraxia and ataxia
- Alzheimer’s
- stroke
- bnormalities of perception
- adopted children
- aggravaters
- agitated movements
- agranulocytosis = loss of white blood cells
- aliens
- amino acid
- amphetamine
- antipsychotic drugs
- Aripiprazole (Abilify)
- atypical antipsychotics
- brain abnormalities
- brain development
- catatonic
- childhood infections
- Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
- Clozapine (Clozaril)
- cocaine
- cognitive symptoms
- DA agonists
- DA antagonists
- DA receptor blockers
- delusions
- dementia praecox
- dendritic spines
- DISC1 gene
- disorganized schizophrenia
- disorganized speech
- disorganized thinking
- distorted thinking
- disturbed emotions
- dopamine hypothesis
- dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
- environmental causes
- environmental trigger
- episodes
- equator
- false sensory experiences
- flat affect
- flu (or other viral illness)
- fluid speech
- Fluphenazine (Prolixin)
- foreground-background
- fraternal twins
- genetic hypothesis
- glutamate hypothesis
- hallucinations
- Haloperidol (Haldol)
- hebephrenic schizophrenia
- hippocampus
- hyperemotional
- identical twin
- incidence
- infection hypothesis
- lack of persistence
- lack of pleasure
- long-term drug treatment
- low birth weight
- LSD
- marijuana
- monozygote
- movement disorders
- Perphenazine (Etrafon)
- Ziprasidone (Geodon)
Here’s the challenge: create a series of slides to teach a general audience about some part of Lifespan Development. But there are limits:
- 30 slides
- 3 second auto-advance
- Yes = text, graphic, drawing & photos
- No = sound, music, talking or voiceover
It’s a 90 second presentation.
The details, examples and tips are at 30slides.com.
Here’s an example to start you off:
Vocabulary Builder
Lifespan Development has a lot of terms in it. Just handling the vocabulary can be a challenge. I tried to think of something to help. This is what I came up with. I call it a vocabulary builder because that’s what I hope it will do: build your vocabulary.
This book is a glossary of terms, though some of the entries are quite long. I’ve included all the names and terms you need to know. If you really want to save money, this is what I would buy. With it and this site
