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    Environmental Psychology

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    References: Arkkelin‚ D.‚ Veitch‚ R. (1995). Environmental psychology: An international perspective‚ 1e.New York‚ NY: Prentice Hall‚ Inc. Bronzaft‚ A.L.‚ Cohen‚ B.S.‚ Goodman‚ J.‚ Heikkinen‚ M.‚ Nadas‚ A. (2008). Airport-related airpollution and noise. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene‚ 5(2)‚ 119-129

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    Psychology Today: Hamlet Throughout Hamlet the reader sees how Hamlet’s behaviors progresses from one extremity to another. The death of Hamlet’s father was the beginning of Hamlet’s drive towards insanity. After the King’s death‚ Hamlet’s mother remarried the late King’s brother‚ Claudius‚ which drove Hamlet’s behavior even worse. As the play continues‚ we can see that Hamlet’s sanity steadily decreases during the entire plot. Psychological analysis will reveal a perspective of what Hamlet is

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    consequences * Skinner‚ Thorndike Social-Learning Approach * Gives prominence to the reciprocal interactions between an individual’s behavior and the environment * Bandura’s Observational learning theory (e.g.‚ Modeling) Cognitive Psychology * Emphasizes cognitive processes and private events (such as a client’s self-talk) as mediators of behavior change * Aaron Beck‚ Albert Ellis 2. Explain and give examples of positive/negative reinforcement‚ and positive/negative

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    The Biological Approach One of the most perplexing issues in psychology is understanding the relationship between the mind and the brain. We all recognize that we have conscious awareness of our surroundings‚ and also of ourselves (self-awareness). It is this experience which has normally been described as the mind. But what is the basis of the mind? Is it the expression of a non-physical soul‚ or is it a product of physical processes within our body? Philosophers and scientists have been pondering

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    in depth look into two of the main psychological study areas of aggression through Biological and Behaviourism. Here I introduced the Biological Approach Biological Psychologists believe behaviour such as aggression is inherited and has an evolutionary function. Humans have inherited a fighting instinct

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    Defining Social Psychology Social Psychology is the foundation‚ framework‚ and structure in which one’s world exists. Its understanding coupled with the relational values applied to the human race allow for the success and coexistence of each other. Fiske 2010‚ uses the example in the textbook of how the author instructed his students to fold his or her syllabus a certain way. The students complied because they were instructed to do so and because they were in a classroom with an instructor watching

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    evaluate Evolutionary Psychology theory as an explanation for sex differences in sexual j*ealousy. Discuss evidence for and against this explanation The subsequent part of this essay will now focus on the evidence against the theory of Evolutionary Psychology and will look at arguments in contradiction of this. The topic this essay will focus on in the argument against Darwin’s evolutionary psychology theory as an explanation for sex differences within sexual jealousy is Social Psychology. “The social

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    (internal validity‚ ecological validity‚ population validity‚ reliability) Bias (cultural bias‚ gender bias) Debates (nature/nurture‚ free will/determinism‚ reductionism/holism) Approaches (psychodynamic‚ cognitive‚ evolutionary‚ biological‚ behavioural) ethics A good psychology essay... Be Selective In the exam you will only have 30 minutes per essay so you won’t be able to write the same amount you do at home‚ therefore it is important to make a few points and evaluate them well (possibly

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    Ireland: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living & Working Conditions. Robbins‚ S. (1996). Organizational behavior: concepts. Controversies‚ applications. Englewood Cliffs‚ New Jersey: Prentice Hall Inc. Smither‚ R.D. (1994). The psychology of work and human performance. New York: Harper & Row. Fleishman‚ E.A. (1997). Stress and performance effectiveness. Hillsdale‚ N.J.:L. Erlbaum Associates. Manson‚ L. (200). Facts about stress [on-line]. Available: http://stress.about.com/cs/copingskills/a/stress101a

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    Evolutionary psychology is an approach in the social and natural sciences that studies the psychological behaviours and adaptations of humans to the changing physical and social environment. It’s basically a combination of evolutionary biology and cognitive psychology. In 1859‚ Charles Darwin set out his theory of evolution by natural selection as an explanation for adaptation and speciation. He believed that all plants and animals had evolved from a few common ancestors by means of natural selection

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