The nature of memory: STM‚ LTM and Duration Duration of STM One of the key differences between the concepts of STM and LTM is duration. “Duration” refers to how long a memory lasts before it is no longer available. Short term memories don’t last very long. An example of STM in action would be trying to remember a seven-digit phone number that you have just been given. This is maintained in the short-term memory by REPETITION until the number is dialled‚ and then fades once the conversation
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Introduction Social 1 Biology and Social Cognition - Attraction Chapter 14‚ Passer Dr Jason Bohan Are we social animals? Who’s attractive? Can evolutionary theory explain dating behaviour? The need to affiliate Defining attraction Affiliation – the need to form social relationships Fear of interaction and evaluation can lead to social anxiety Failure to form friendships can lead to loneliness Extreme social isolation can be harmful: Admiral Byrd and “wintering
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Consciousness Awareness of the environment‚ ones own existence‚ sensations‚ thoughts States of Consciousness Distinctive or discrete patterns in the function of consciousness Biological Rhythms Endogenous cycles Bio Rhythms: endogenous rhythms are systematic changes in the brain’s function that are vastly internal brain mechanisms. One of the things that does alter conscious states are actually these bio rhythms. 1. Circadian 24hr. cycle. Sleep‚ temperature 2. Infradian
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254 International Journal of Management Vol. 28 No. 4 Part 2 Dec 2011 Effects of Current Nursing Management Styles on the Retention and Recruitment of Nurses: A Review of the Literature Misty Forest California State University‚ Fullerton Brian Kleiner California State University‚ Fullerton The current nursing management style that tends to be most favored in practice is a taskoriented transactional style‚ leaving little decision making autonomy on significant issues to the nurse being managed
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Study |Change |Effect to results | | |Loftus & Palmer |Get p’s to observe staged but “real” accident. 2. Higher ecological validity – accounts for variables|More accurate estimates of speed | | |such as emotional response to situation. 3. Harder to replicate so lower reliability. 4. Not all may |Less Ps reporting broken glass | |
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Language is the medium of culture on which their daily lives and identities are based. To define what language can be spoken is to define the identity not only of the individual‚ but also of the country. You will probably be surprise to hear that English is not the official language of the United States. I was surprised. In my country Ukraine when I was born and grew up official language is Ukrainian‚ but sixty five percentages of the former Soviet republic is a native Russian
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Psychological ideas are seen in national headlines every day. In particular‚ in the state of Arizona‚ the Governor vetoed a bill against gay people. Why was this bill proposed in the first place? The business leaders who supported the bill were against the gay and lesbian community. The Governor of Arizona‚ who supports the gay and lesbian community‚ believes that the bill is unjust because it discriminates against the gay and lesbian community. If this bill had been passed‚ it would be a clear discriminatory
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THEORIES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT THE PSYCHOANALYTIC VIEWPOINT • Freud’s Psychosexual Theory – Unconscious motives are repressed – Development is a conflictual process • Sexual and aggressive instincts that must be served‚ yet society dictates restraint THE PSYCHOANALYTIC VIEWPOINT • Freud’s Psychosexual Theory – Three Components of Personality • Id: satisfy inborn biological instincts‚ now • Ego: conscious‚ rational‚ finds a realistic means of satisfying instincts • Superego:
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Examine Clinical Psychology The History of Clinical Psychology Clinical Psychology is the part of the psychology field that focuses on treatment and evaluation of mental illness‚ psychiatric issues and abnormal behaviors. The treatment that developed in clinical psychology assists persons with their development as an individual and well-being (The History‚ 2013). Clinical psychology started at the University of Pennsylvania in 1896 when a clinic was
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CHAPTER 1 What is Psychology? Psychology is the science of behavior and mental processes Thinking critically with Psychology Hindsight bias- Common Sense describes what has happened after the fact more easily than it predicts what will happen before the fact Common sense is a poor guide The Scientific Method Theory- an explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations Hypothesis- a testable prediction implied by a theory Simple Observation- simply observing
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