Schema, Assimilation, and Association Discussion

Today, in class, we were talking about schema's, accommodation, and assimilation. I think this is very true and I can see this in every child I see. Even in some adults! The examples Mrs. Daniels was giving us made so much sense. The example about her mother and the pierced earrings and tattoos was very good. I can relate this example to my own family. My grandma had a big deal when my mom wanted to get her ears pierced. It was simply not allowed. Yet when my mom was 18 and out of my grandmothers rule, she did it. My grandma, today, compliments on my mothers ears, and my own. My mom, learning how unfair her mom was to her, pierced my little sister's ears and my own when we were small children. Realizing pierced ears were pretty and inhumane to adolescence, loved the idea.
Another example that came up in group discussion was when a child first gets a hair cut. The child perceives the salon as a scary place that will hurt them. They don't know that getting your hair cut doesn't hurt. I remember watching Rugrats where Chucky was getting his first haircut. Angelica pulled out one of his hairs and said "now imagine how bad it will hurt to get ALL of your hairs cut!" and that scared Chucky. Then when his father finally got him to the chair and finally got his hair cut, Chucky said "This isn't so bad at all!" This would be a perfect example of these vocabulary words because it shows how Chucky accommodated to his schema of a haircut. Chucky's assimilation of a haircut changed from hurting and scary to fun and loves it. Also, my grandma's schema about pierced earrings changed to something bad and "sassy" to something that makes you "beautiful".

Old Brain New Tricks

So I did this with Alexa and neither of us understand how the tongue is connected to the eyes. The article specifically said they both have no connection. We came up with the idea that it may go threw first the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex. Once the message is received it would go threw the parietal lobe of the sensory cortex. From that, the message is taken over to the occipital lobe that would possibly have been taken over by other parts of the brain due to plasticity.

Neurotransmitter Assignmnet- (#9) Citalopram

Citalopram

• Used to solve severe depression.
• It is known as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor--agonist.
• Effects on the brain by blocking the lack of serotonin. It helps that neurotransmitter stay in the brain longer, which makes you happy. It mimics the transmitter to help make more.
• Long term effects-- Hypothyroidism, diabetes, weight gain, heart failure, and for some they had sexual dysfunctions.
• The only way you can misuse this drug is if you were to take more than what your doctor proscribed you. If you took more then the recommended amount (normally 10-70Mg) you would increase your chances for the major, long-term effects above, but this drug isn't really addictive.
• Can act more like a placebo if you aren't diagnosed with severe depression.

YouTube Assignment Feedback

I think that this assignment was fun, interesting, and funny but I do think that you need to give more turn over time. You need to give more time, like maybe a FULL class period to do research AND video shooting. I believe you also need to give a heads-up when your presenting this project so people can have time to get prepared for it.