ARELLANO UNIVERSITY Pasig City College of Arts and Science Psychology Department LECTURE NOTES ON GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY (No. 1) AY I. Nature of Psychology A. Psychology - the term psychology derives from the Greek roots psyche‚ meaning “soul” or “mind‚” and logos‚ meaning “word.” Psychology is literally the study of the mind or soul and people defined it that way until the early 1900s. Around 1920‚ psychologists became disenchanted with the idea of studying the mind. First‚ research deals
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How can visual illusions help us to understand lower and higher level process in visual perception? A visual illusion may refers to the case where what we perceive differs from what we suppose to be correct. As Nicholas et al. (2001) note that the idea of a visual illusion presupposes that the object or pattern concerned would be different under other conditions. One view of illusions is that they can be used as tools to probe the mechanisms of visual perception‚ because perceptual errors give us
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Essentials of Human Memory. East Sussex‚ UK: Psychology Press Ltd. Publishers. Craighead‚ W. E.‚ & Nemeroff‚ Ch. B. (2004). The Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science (3rd ed.). Hoboken‚ NJ: John Wiley & Sons Inc. Eysenck M Freyd‚ J. J. (1996). Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse. Cambridge‚ MA: Harvard University Press. Galloway‚ R.‚ & Hanks‚ R. (2009). Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulleting: Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance
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Three of the five major perspectives in Psychology are biological‚ cognitive and humanistic. The biological approach states that all behaviours‚ thoughts and feelings are caused by biological factors such as hormone production and genetics (McLeod 2007). For example the production of the hormone serotonin causes an individual to feel happiness‚ while genetics have evolved over the years so that human bodies and behaviour adapt to their environment‚ meaning that most behaviour we display today has
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Meaning and Nature of Psychological Test A psychological test is an instrument that indicates how much a participant has of the quality the test measures. A test can be defined as a standardized procedure for sampling behavior and describing it with categories or scores. Psychological testing was originally designed for two purposes: to measure intelligence and to detect personality disorders. Over time‚ psychological testing has expanded to measure diverse concepts. Psychological tests are
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Developing Managerial Skills: An Exploratory Investigation into the Personality of Management Students Background A MBA program is a much sought after course today‚ with B-Schools continually making an effort to inculcate knowledge‚ skills and attitude in an attempt to carve out ideal managers from young & naïve graduates. The growth of India’s economy has made more resources available to institutions and they are working to improve the quality of management education thus making their graduates
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a) 2 other personality models: Description This very brief description is based primarily on the most recently published description of the PAS although there is no disagreement with other descriptions. The PAS is based on premises (among others) that behavior is determined by both heredity and environment and behavior is determined by an interacting system of traits. Furthermore‚ these traits can be modified through learning to such an extent that some might be nearly opposite to the original
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Grant Clay Period 3 8/26/08 AP Psychology Outline Chapter 1: The Evolution of Psychology Red – Definition of Key Terms Green – Important People & Contributions Blue – Important Points 1. How Psychology Developed a. Psychology – The Scientific Study of Behavior and Mental Processes. b. Mental Processes = Physiological and Cognitive Processes. c. Psychology comes from two Greek words. “Psyche” = Soul‚ and “Logos” = the Study of a Subject d. Psychology became a Scientific Discipline In 1870’s 2
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Models of abnormality Abnormality is defined as a behaviour that deviates from the ideal social norm. One definition of abnormality is the failure to function adequately and are unable to meet their activities of daily living independently for example getting washed and dressed daily‚ being able to hold down a job and interacting with other people. It suggests that people should be able to achieve personal wellbeing and contribute to society. Rosenhan and Seligman (1989) identified there as being
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To what extent are cognitive processes influenced by emotion? The debates surrounding the argument that emotion can influence cognitive processing are a matter of contention and cognitive psychologists understanding of how emotions can influence cognition is an area of debate in its infancy. Research studying emotion was previously negligible until methods by which emotions could be measured were devised‚ such as through brain imaging techniques. The essay will discuss whether emotions can influence
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