Ken Wilson’s Case Adapted from Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology 9th ed.‚ by Oltmanns‚ Martin‚ Neale & Davidson‚ 2012. Case History: Ken Wilson is a 7-year-old‚ first-grader who has been referred by his mother to a child psychology clinic. She explained that Ken was having trouble at school‚ both academically and socially. Ken’s parents had been married for 12 years. His father was a business manager‚ and his mother‚ a homemaker. Ken was the middle of three children; his older sister
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Attention Getter: Did you know that plastic water bottles take near 450 years to decompose‚ that it takes 1‚000 years for a plastic grocery bag to break down‚ and that an unrecycled aluminum can will be still be an aluminum can in 500 years? Introduction: Hello again. My name is Laura Sybers and I am a strong supporter of recycling. Thesis: While recycling might be considered to be “inconvenient” to some‚ so many common materials can easily be recycled. Although there are plenty of great reasons
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Selective attention is regarded to the process in which one blocks out several stimuli while selectively paying attention to one. An example of a real life scenario of selective attention would be standing in a crowd where there are multiple conversations going on between different individuals‚ but you block out the other conversations and only pay attention to what your friend is saying. Donald Broadbent came up with a model which describes how selective attention works called Broadbent’s filter
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I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Facebook and Instagram are used by millions of people‚ now with the show of hands who here does not have a social media? B. Background and Audience Relevance: Social media can be something exciting and entertaining for many people. What they do not know is how this can become addicting. C. Speaker Credibility: I’ve personally joined the world of social media at the age of 13. The first type of social media that I joined was Facebook. D. Thesis: by explaining
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( Attention getter) Have you ever wished that the legendary creatures known as the Dinosaurs were still with us? In a sense‚ they still are! For example‚ imagine going to the museum and witnessing the skeleton of the great Tyrannosaurus Rex. As you examine it further‚ the muscles and skin of the creature begins to emerge in the mind‚ visualizing what the animal would look like if it was still around. (Thesis) For centuries‚ dinosaurs have long haunted our imagination. They have rich history of millions
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In the article "Attention"‚ the writer John Medina explains the concept of how the brain works when it comes to paying attention. Medina embarks the different components that makes us pay attention like memory‚ emotions‚ interests or subjects‚ and awareness. He also argues how multitasking cannot be done when it comes to perform several tasks that require high level attention. This is important because it makes me think about myself as a scholar and how I am always trying to multitask as a way for
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Human Anatomy and Physiology Nervous System Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder‚ also known as ADHD‚ is a neurological disorder which effects anyone from children to adults. The common symptoms of ADHD include impaired or diminished attention‚ impulsivity and hyper activity. These symptoms can range in each individual from being mild to severe. People who have ADHD usually will range from normal to above average intelligence‚ the disorder
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Executive attention processes aid in supporting attentional orientating networks as they are viewed as more purified forms of self-regulation that is involved in modulating reactivity as the child matures (Rothbart & Rueda‚ 2005). It is the maturity of interdependent skills that is required for goal-directed activity that involves the use of mental representation of the desired behaviour to guide goal attainment and continuously modifying existing behaviour to direct them towards future goals.
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Taking personal responsibility and paying attention to detail are two very important character traits to have. It is important for civilians to demonstrate these traits but even more important for police officers and police recruits. Police officers and recruits should be held to a much higher standard than civilians because of the position they are in or will be in where they enforce the laws over civilians. They should be a role model for people to follow. A lack of personal responsibility can
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Individual - Attention Spans Attention spans vary among both children and adults. Some people simply prefer to be on the go and have difficulty completing a lesson or task for any length of time. Since the most popular method of teaching requires students to listen and read‚ often while sitting still‚ students who have a short attention span might have difficulty learning. Enviromental - Distractions Distraction is the divided attention of an individual or group from the chosen object of attention onto
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