A Beautiful Mind

On Thursday and Friday we watched a very interesting movie in class called A Beautiful Mind. This movie was about a man called John Nash. Nash is a brilliant mathmatician and attends Princeton University, but suffers from schizophrenia. This is a illness which can cause paranoria and hallucianations which casue him to struggle at his work, and affect his family life. But through medication and treatments he is able to succeed in his teachings and win the noble piece prize.

Savant syndrome

This week in class we learned a lot about different types of brain disorders. One i found most interesting was Savant syndrome which is a rare condition that people with developmental disorders may have. These people have one or more areas of experties, abilities, or brilliance. These people can draw the most amazing things and can create works of art that normal people couldnt imagine. I found this subject very appealing to me and is very enjoyable to learn about.

Left Brain vs. Right Brain

During the last couple days in class we all learned about how our brains work and the functions of parts in our brain. while learing this we had to watch a video and do a number of activities about it. The video we watched has very cool and had some great points and showed a lot in our progress with understanding the human brain. Everyone in the class also took a test to see if we were left or right brained, and i discovered i was right brain.

Defense Mechanisms

Yesterday in class we learned about defense mechanisms and how our minds cope with it. Defense mechansms help defend the ego from experiencing anxiety about failing tasks. There are many defense mechanisms that Freud identified, and here are some of them.

Rationalization

Repression

Denial

Projection
Reaction Formation
Regression

DisplacementSublimation