Zeigarnik Effect The Zeigarnik Effect is named after the Russian psychologist‚ Bluma Zeigarnik (1926)‚ who noticed an odd thing while sitting in a restaurant in Vienna. The waiters seemed only to remember orders which were in the process of being served‚ but little recollection of the completed orders. Zeigarnik went back to her lab to test out a theory about what was going on with the waiter. More than fifty years after the Bluma Zeigarnik study‚ Kenneth McGraw and his team returned to
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Unit 7. Assignment 2. The Effects of Selected Drugs and Diseases on the Central Nervous System. Alcohol’s use as an anesthetic is based on the effects it has on the brain‚ including relaxation and insensitivity to pain. Because the anesthetizing effects of alcohol are less predictable than the drugs available to modern-day anesthetists‚ alcohol is no longer used professionally to anesthetize patients. Some diseases related to alcohol are: liver disease‚ high blood pressure‚ muscle weakness‚ anemia
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Stroop effect and reading process Abstract This study evaluated the effect of congruency of color ink and color name on reading process. The 30 participants of the experiment were assigned to sets 1(a condition wherein congruent color names and ink color were presented first before the incongruent set of words‚ and 2 (reverse of set 1) by random selection. Participants were called in the laboratory two at a time‚ one of them from set 1 participants and the other from set
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also serves as a lubricant for joints and other internal organs‚ and it ultimately helps regulate the body’s temperature. If the body begins to receive less hydration from water‚ not only will the person become dehydrated but it will begin to effect them mentally. The brain won’t work properly‚ the person will become groggy‚ slow‚ and feel extremely tired. Muscle tone will be lost‚ leaving the person feeling weak and sluggish. Unfortunately‚ when we sweat or have a bowel movement‚ electrolytes
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There are many effects of smoking but this presentation deals with a few of them. There is no doubt about the fact that smoking is harmful. It affects every aspect of our lives; be it physical‚ fetal and mental health‚ environment‚ finances and many others too numerous to mention Every puff of cigarette contains a mixture of nicotine and carbon monoxide and each time you smoke‚ it temporarily increases your 1. Heart rate and 2. Blood pressure. 3. It also injures your heart and blood vessels. Loss
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The Effect of Stroop Level of Interference on the Reaction Time Queens College‚ CUNY Abstract The aim of this study was to assess whether Stroop interference did indeed replicate with modern day students. Undergraduate students sample was obtained consisting of 12 females and 6 males‚ who are students in experimental psychology class. The independent variable was the condition of the stimuli with 3 levels (low‚ medium and high interference conditions). The dependable
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out‚ you might want to read this and consider exactly what is happening with your brain in order to create your sudden hunger‚ mellow high‚ and glossy red eyes. There is a lot more going on than you might want to think about. The majority of the effects created by marijuana are caused by a certain ingredient called Tetrahydrocannabinol‚ known to most simply as THC. THC is responsible for creating the experienced feelings of giddiness and relaxation that the user is searching for. Anytime marijuana
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rule the lives of children and teenagers all across Japan. Even though these cram schools can potentially help the students attending them learn more‚ there are also risks that the students may have to endure while going to juku. So what are the effects of competition and cramming on Japanese students? In order to more efficiently understand Japanese cram schools‚ one must know exactly what they are and intend to do. The U.S. Department of Education Study (2000) gives the definition that they are
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it was up to the managers to analysis tasks at hand to identify whether or not they could be performed more effectively. One of the most criticised and controversial investigations ever undertaken on workplace relations was known as the Hawthorne Effect. These studies were undertaken at the Bell Telephone Western Electric Manufacturing Plant in Chicago. The studies began in 1924 and continued through until the Depression in 1932. The purpose of the studies was to gain an insight on whether a workers
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The Tyndall effect‚ also known as Tyndall scattering‚ is light scattering by particles in a colloid or particles in a fine suspension. It is named after the 19th-century physicist John Tyndall. It is similar to Rayleigh scattering‚ in that the intensity of the scattered light depends on the fourth power of the frequency‚ so blue light is scattered much more strongly than red light. An example in everyday life is the blue colour sometimes seen in the smoke emitted by motorcycles‚ in particular two-stroke machines
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