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    Cognitive Psychology Kristy Matthews Psy 360 2/11/13 Professor Eric Tomlinson Cognitive Psychology Cognitive psychology has most commonly been compared to behaviorism due to the sharp contrast of the perspectives (Willingham‚ 2007). Giving consideration to behaviorism’s lack of addressing the mental processes‚ cognitive psychology tries to provide a more substantial description of these processes that affect everyone. Cognitive psychology differs from any other kind of psychology‚ because

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    of expanding the breadth and depth of an individual’s personal resources. Satisfied individuals have longer‚ healthier lives (mentally and physically) and tend to have more satisfying social relationships (Diener & Seligman‚ 2004; Veenhoven‚ 2008). Furthermore‚ these findings are self-reinforcing because healthy social contact is essential to satisfaction‚ and satisfied people tend to have stronger and more supportive family and friendships‚ which results in greater psychological benefits (Bartolini

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    across many different job sectors (Huffman‚ 2009). Some specialty areas of psychology include clinical‚ developmental‚ experimental‚ forensic‚ and social‚ among others. The field of psychology I chose to explore a little further is that of forensic psychology. According to Huffman (2009)‚ this field applies the principles of psychology to the legal system‚ including jury selection and psychological profiling. Forensic psychology is not just what we see portrayed on TV shows or in movies. These types

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    have intelligence as we are born in this world. The rate of our intelligence depends on how we enhance and make use of it. Intelligence refers to the ability of an individual to learn from experience‚ to reason well‚ and to cope with the demands of social living. It is also the ability to acquire‚ recall and use knowledge to understand concrete and abstract concepts‚ relations among objects and ideas‚ and to use knowledge in a meaningful way. In intelligence we consider that experiencing is really

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    the future of cognitive developmental hypothesizing seems likely to follow a ‘hybrid route’. Respectively‚ current theories of cognitive development need to recognize the significance of knowledge construction‚ emphasized by Piaget‚ along with the social world‚ mainly focused on by Vygotsky. Furthermore‚ modern theories have to be consistent with biological limitations regarding how the brain really learns. 3. How would Piaget explain the 30 month old child who sits in his/her high chair and repeatedly

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    though the study shows genetics as being a contributing factor to developing schizophrenia‚ there is still a problem with the study. The problems is the MZ twins concordance rate could be high only because the twin imitated the other twins behaviour (social learning theory)‚ and genetics may have nothing to do with it. The environment can play a role in the development of schizophrenia. Therefore this study can be criticized for not taking any other factors into account and only focusing on nature not

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    Introduction to Psychology

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    Applied Social Sciences Semester/Year: May 2011 Course code: ABPG1103 Course: Introduction to Psychology Matriculation No: 800918135538001 Identity Card No: 800918-13-5538 Telephone No: 0128083693 (Malaysia) +66896759616 (Thailand) Email:syhu@oum.edu.my Learning Centre: Pulau Pinang Learning Centre 1 ABPG 1103 Table of Contents Course Guide Title: Four subfields of psychology in their different areas of research and specialization. 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Clinical Psychology 2.1

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    Clinical Psychology Gabriela Alvarez Clinical Psychology Clinical psychology is one of the most prominent specialty areas in psychology today. Clinical psychology focuses and strives to understand‚ assess and treat psychological and behavioral problems and disorders (Plante‚ 2010). According to Bedi (2012)‚ “Clinical psychology is a broad approach to human problems . . . with regard to numerous populations.” Furthermore‚ analyzing the methods in which the human psyche interacts with

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    STUDENT I.D. No: 060013503 SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY PS3034 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Assignment 1 Submission date: Tuesday‚ March 22nd‚ 2011 INTRODUCTION Social Psychological research on sexism has come a long way from a mere page on ‘antifeminism’ in Allport’s (1954) classic text‚ The Nature of Prejudice‚ to the current rate of thousands of pages of scholarly work published every year devoted exclusively to the topic (Duckitt‚ 1992). A contemporary form of sexism‚ constantly in debate is the

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    Elizabeth has been a drug user for a long time. Her friend believe that addiction has not a biological explanation as none of her friends are addicts and they do not encourage her to take drugs. Describe and evaluate one biological explanation of drug addiction that could be used to understand Elizabeth’s drug explanation. Drug misuse causes significant changes to our neurotransmitter levels in the brain‚ and specifically levels of dopamine and serotonin. As these chemicals are both involved

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