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Occipital lobe

This clip covers the main functions of the visual cortex and the associations areas of the occipital lobe

Cerebral cortex

This podcast provides an overview of the structure and 3 functional areas of the cerebral cortex

Delayed sleep phase onset

REM rebound and Microsleeps

Sleep deprivation

The psychological and physiological effects of sleep deprivation are covered in this podcast. see epsychvce.com facebook page for additional feeds for VCE Psychology podcasts and YouTube clips.

Methods used to study sleep e.g. sleep lab

This podcast examines the use of sleep labs, video monitoring and self reports in studying sleep

EMG and EOG

Thic podcast covers the use of the EOG and EMG in indicating stages of sleep. See ePsychVCE.com facebook page for additional feeds for the Psychology student.

Perceptual and Cogntive distortions during an ASC

This podcast covers 1 of the 6 Psychological characteristics that we can use to distinguish a normal waking consciousness from an altered state of consciousness

NREM sleep

This podcast covers the 4 stages of NREM sleep. See www.ePsychVCE.com for additional VCE Psych resources

EEG

Alzheimer's Disease

This podcast provides an explanation of the symptoms, neural causes, brain areas affected and type of memories affected by the most common form of Dementia - Alzheimer's Disease.

Matched-pairs & Independent-groups research designs

This podcast covers the other 2 research designs (Repeated Measures covered in a separate podcast) - an explanation, advantages & disadvantages are all covered.

Repeated measures

This podcast covers the first of 3 research designs - repeated measures. The advantages and disadvantages are discussed along with means of overcoming the order effect.

Placebo effect - VCE U4 Psych

This podcast outlines the use of placebos on research as well as the impact of a placebo effect on the validity of an experiment and how to overcome this effect using a single-blind procedure.

Consolidation theroy - VCE U3 Psych AOS2

sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system

peripheral nervous system

Somatic and autonomic nervous systems

Central nervous system

Controlled vs Automatic processes - VCE U3 Psych AOS1

Controlled vs Automatic processes are covered in this podcast with specific reference to the 'stroop effect'

Attention - Selective vs Divided - VCE U3 Psych - AOS1

Selective vs Divided attention is covered in this podcast

Consciousness

Consciousness is defined in this podcast as well as a distinction between normal waking consciousness and altered states of consciousness.

REM sleep

REM sleep is described as paradoxical sleep, findout why in this podcast

Forgetting curve

The rate and amount of forgetting is gauged by the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve.

Sampling - VCE Psychology

This clip goes through methods of sampling - convenience, random & stratified, it examines advantages and disadvantages of each type of sampling and briefly explains the process.

Ethics - participants rights - VCE Psychology

The 6 participants rights are covered: informed consent, deception, debriefing, voluntary participation, confidentiality, withdrawal rights - in terms of the conduct of a Psychological experiment. See www.ePsychVCE.com for further VCE Psych resources.

Structure of a neuron - VCE U3 Psych AOS1

This podcast covers the relevant components of a neuron for the Unit 3 VCE Psychology course. see website for additional VCE Psych resources: www.ePsychVCE.com

Research Hypothesis - VCE Psychology

This covers the fundamentals of writing a research hypothesis and is relevant to Units 1-4 Psychology

Extraneous vs Confounding Variables

Both have an unwanted effect on the DV, an EV is random, a CV occurs systematically throughout the experiment.

Depression - biological approach: VCE U4 Psych AOS2

The role of serotonin and the consequential use of SSRI's in treating depression along with other biological factors.