Excessive alcohol intake has a great impact on the cognitive function of a person. It leads to a person to have a poor cognitive function. Which can be affected the persons perception‚ attention‚ memory‚ motor skills‚ language‚ visual and spatial processing. To some extent‚ study indicates that high level of impulsivity in alcohol consumptions of a person has an effect on the frontal lobe related to their behavioral problem (Lyvers et.al.). Furthermore‚ alcohol intoxication causes disruption of prefrontal
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http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/f/cogpsych.htmCognitive psychology. (2009). In The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology. Retrieved March 4‚ 2013 from http://www.credoreference.com/entry/penguinpsyc/cognitive_psychologyWillingham‚ D. T. (2007). Cognition: The thinking animal (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon.
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Assignment 2 – Human Cognition and Information Processing Due: On Collab: January 12‚ 2013 by 8:00 AM‚ 50 possible points 1. Name and describe one attention phenomenon (2 points) Selective attention: Only paying attention to desired stimuli‚ ignoring the rest Example: Cocktail party effects - Hearing your name in a noisy party (pop out effect) 2. Why should you avoid and when should you use ALL CAPS? (6 points) It’s harder to distinguish all caps versus lower case. Using all caps violates
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Daniels Kelly’s research demonstrates that people can be disgusted by anything that is presented to them whether it is abstract or concrete. It can be an object or it can be something they find physically repellent. In Daniel Kelly’s book‚ we see how the role of disgust takes place in our lives‚ both moral and social lives. Research that Kelly presents will guide us to see how disgust influences morality. To begin with‚ Kelly proposes if disgust should or should not be involved in morality by his
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JUSTIFICATION The story of Princess Santubong and Princess Sejinjang is suitable to be used in year 2 or 3 ESL classroom because of a few reasons. This mythical story of the legendary Santubong and Sejinjang mountains is actually from Sarawak‚ Malaysia. This story is about two princesses that being sent to the earth. They were given mandate to rule two villages that live with no peace. As they broke their promises because of fighting‚ they were being cursed and became mountain and island. The reasons
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Gestalt theory emerged as a result of three German psychologists‚ who did not agree with the idea of introspection‚ and analysing perception to itemise it into individual sensations. They argued that‚ rather than separate sensations‚ we perceive objects as organised wholes. Gross (1987) attempted to explain this using the analogy of water; as a whole‚ it has different chemical properties to its components‚ hydrogen and oxygen. We organise and remember the arrangement of objects using a set of heuristics
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How consumers decide Professor John Maule from the University of Leeds describes new research into the way that consumers choose a product. Understanding consumers Consumers are creatures of habit: they buy the same products time and time again‚ and such is their familiarity with big brands‚ and the colors and logos that represent them‚ that they can register a brand they like with barely any conscious thought process. The packaging of consumer products is therefore a crucial vehicle for
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An Application of Equity Theory to Buyer-Seller Exchange Situations The theory of cognitive dissonance posits that when an individual ’s cognitive elements are inconsistent with each other‚ a state of cognitive dissonance exists [15‚ 27]. Also‚ it is assumed that when such a condition is present an individual develops a need to restore equilibrium [15‚ 27]. Dissonance may be aroused from various sources: decision making‚ forced compliance‚ exposure to dissonant information‚ and disagreement
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Introduction Visual search‚ the task of finding a target among distractors‚ is a common task in our daily lives. Whether we are searching for the remote control among a clutter of objects on table‚ a face in the crowd at the local bus stop‚ or a meal listing on the menu at the fast-food restaurant‚ we rely on the mechanism of visual search and attention each and every day. The ease of search depends primarily on how distinguishable the target of search is from the background. Often times‚ we
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When comparing AOP and CBT‚ it is clear that their different foci can be points of tension for practitioners who want to use both theories to inform their practice. Firstly‚ it can be frustrating for practitioners with an AOP orientation to use CBT because they will be acutely aware of the fact that simply changing one’s thoughts will not change the environment that he or she is in‚ even though it may be the positionality of the client that is causing or significantly contributing to his or her presenting
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