1. View the Ted Talk video on Facial Recognition for this question. Then, review

1. View the Ted Talk video on Facial Recognition for this question.
Then, review the information on vision in Biopsychology Chapter 3 in your Week 3 resources, particularly the information on disorders of visual perception. Select one of the five disorders (simultanagnosia, prosopagnosia, ocular apraxia, optic ataxia, or Balint’s syndrome) and research its clinical etiology, symptoms, and treatments. Think about its symptoms and problems commonly experienced by people diagnosed with it and its impact on important areas of life functioning, including work, relationships, and leisure time. Locate an APUS Online Library research article or other scientifically grounded information about this disorder and report the etiology, symptoms, treatments, and areas of the brain responsible for it and specific behaviors it affects. What would you expect to be the must challenging aspects of the disorder for you if you had it?
2. As we examine the history of the physiological influence within psychology, including the concept of psychophysics and Galton’s genetics. Watch the Thin Brains and Depression video for this question.
Discuss the ways in which the understanding of biology has affected and continues to affect the practice of psychology today. What are the advantages and controversies surrounding this understanding? Include at least three everyday examples that you have observed. Try to avoid being too general or providing “just common sense” examples which anybody might know without taking this course. Link the everyday examples to concepts from your assigned readings to date. For each example, provide media content (video web links, charts or graphs etc.) to further illustrate your point.