I registered to take psychology for a different reason, but I never thought it could aid in the improvement certain skills of mine until I was asked to apply what I have learned to my lifestyle. Upon finding out I had to apply a learning principle of psychology to my life, I was not sure of which aspect I could apply to and benefit greatly from it. I pondered greatly about diverse aspects involving sports, fitness, eating habits, socializing and finally study habits. It was then that I realized upon comparing my study habits back when I was in Ghana to my current state, it has gotten extremely awful. I realized I get distracted by my computer, food, socializing and going to the gym whenever I’m suppose to be studying or doing some very important homeworks. Due to this bad habits, my academic grades were getting lower and lower than what I am capable. I then realized this aspect of mine would be the right choice to perform an experiment on, based on one of the learning principles I have learned in psychology class.
In the learning module of psychology, I came to know to princ...
3. After her last drinking spree, Karen hid a half-empty liquor bottle. She couldn't remember where she hid it until she started drinking again. Karen's pattern of recall best illustrates:
3. Because he believes that "real men have no fears," 8-year-old George has difficulty accepting the fact that his father is fearful of losing his job. George's experience is most directly explained by:
3. According to Emily's grandfather, Adolf Hitler's obvious emotional instability made it clear that Germany would inevitably lose World War II. The grandfather's claim best illustrates:
n hypothesis of the experiment is that the group containing four members will perform better than the group containing two members. This is the foundation from which we have conducted our experiment.
After completing the reading on chapter 8, emotions, I was intrigued on how our emotions can alter our feelings and also how they are sometimes hard to manage as they can interfere with what we are trying to accomplish. One of the positives that I took from the chapter was the idea of the fallacy of perfection which is the ability for someone to handle a situation with confidence. With this idea it is important for us to admit that we are not perfect and that we do have flaws. From this we can better ourselves emotionally and socially because as the book says no one likes a know it all. Also, it is good to admit that you are wrong every once to show that yourself it is ok to be wrong. At my job I have told a customer that "I don't know" or
“This isn't fair,” I sniveled, “I don't understand. I can't lose her. I don't know what I'm going to do if I lose her.” Thursday, December 11th, 2014, the only source of warmth within my body came from the pillows and blankets that surrounded me. Tears streamed down my face, creating puddles on my pillows as I gradually felt my body start to tingle. Having lost control of my body, I was completely consumed by shock. Family and friends were trying to be comforting, but I hadn't interpreted words for hours. A distant ringing clogged my ears while my brain was conscious of only one thing, Morgan. In this split second my life changed.
Psychology is the scientific study of behavior of metal process of living organisms. In the study, an experiment was carried out, which was to smile, be neutral and frown to six different people respectively, including three in same gender and three in opposite gender. Therefore, there will be six trials throughout the experiment.
Learning about psychology has positive effects especially in my life. The concepts that were learned in class has helped me know myself better, and to understand my family members, friends, and people around me. Also learning how to improve my own personal relationships with others. Many of the topics in psychology contribute to the skills that can be used to improve studying habits, deal with stress, and tips to improve your memory. This course has allowed me to improve my observations skills. My observational skills include recognizing people’s facial expressions, and body language, and being able to understand how people think and behave can be extremely
Chapter 4 discusses the several states of consciousness: the nature of consciousness, sleep and dreams, psychoactive drugs, hypnosis, and meditation. Consciousness is a crucial part of human experience, it represents that private inner mind where we think, feel, plan, wish, pray, omagine, and quietly relive experiences. William James described the mind as a stream of consciousness, a continuous flow of changing sensations, images thoughts, and feelings. Consciousness has two major parts: awareness and arousal. Awareness includes the awareness of the self and thoughts about one's experiences. Arousal is the physiological state of being engaged with the environment. Theory of mind refers to individuals understanding that they and others think,
As stated by Bartol and Bartol (2008), investigative psychology is the application of psychological research and principles to the investigation of criminal behavior (Bartol & Bartol, 2008). Investigative psychology is closely associated with criminal profiling, but there are other areas in which a forensic psychologist can participate in this particular subspecialty. An investigative psychologist maybe asked to perform a psychological autopsy, forensic hypnosis, or produce a geographical mapping. Psychological autopsies are generally performed in suspected suicide cases where the insurance company or family member questions the cause of death. Forensic hypnosis is an interview or interrogation method used by trained and credentialed professionals. Lastly, geographic mapping is a method of research “concerned with analyzing spatial patterns of crimes committed by numerous offenders over a period of time (Bartol & Bartol, 2008).” Geographic profiling is the analysis of a single serial offender’s geographic movement.
My paper is based on an article from the text’s web site (chapter 9) entitled “Lack of sleep ages body’s systems.” The basic claim of the article is that sleep deprivation has various harmful effects on the body. The reported effects include decreased ability to metabolize glucose (similar to what occurs in diabetes) and increased levels of cortisol (a stress hormone involved in memory and regulation of blood sugar levels). The article also briefly alludes (in the quote at the bottom of page 1) to unspecified changes in brain and immune functioning with sleep deprivation.
Psychology is the investigation of the mind and how it processes and directs our thoughts, actions and conceptions. However, in 1879 Wilhelm Wundt opened the first psychology laboratory at the University of Leipzig in Germany. Nevertheless, the origins of psychology go all the way back thousands of years starting with the early Greeks. This foundation is closely connected to biology and philosophy; and especially the subfields of physiology which is the study of the roles of living things and epistemology, which is the study of comprehension and how we understand what we have learned. The connection to physiology and epistemology is often viewed as psychology, which is the hybrid offspring of those two fields of investigation.
Bio-Psychologists study the principles of biology as it relates to the comprehension of psychology in the field neuroscience that underlies ones emotions, ideology, and actions (Brittanica). Based upon the conduction of research, the relationship between the brain and ones behavior extends to the physiological process in one’s intellect. Scientists are cognizant that neurotransmitters function as a significant role in mood regulation and other aspects of psychological problems including depression and anxiety. A biological perspective are relevant to psychology in three techniques including: the comparative method, physiology, and the investigation of inheritance (Saul Mc. Leod).
My social experiment, took way too much thought to complete. I could not think about what I should do for this project until about noon on that beautiful Sunday. I invited a couple of friends to go with me to Walmart, but I was unsuccessful and I only got one friend to accompany me. Even so, we had fun.
We, as students, are often inundated with various coursework where we are expected to study from and be prepared to perform well on any given quizzes or exams. Over the course of a student’s life, he or she eventually develops a personal study method that works best. Some people are better at establishing effective study methods, while some do not. Not one person studies exactly the same way. In terms of psychology, there are various concepts of learning and memory that are involved in the way a person studies. I, for one, am a huge believer in simply reading over the given study materials, and I end up getting satisfactory grades. Over the years, I have found methods of studying that work for me, and methods that do not work. These methods are explained and provided with proper examples from the textbook provided in class.