Dynamic Learning Program “Learning by doing” and ” Road map and a compass for learning”. The Dynamic Learning Program works on the principle of “learning is by doing”‚ it is student-centered‚ it’s a system of teaching that focuses on student activity rather than on traditional classroom lectures. The set-up is 70% student activity–30% lecture/discussion‚ and usually national experts do the majority of the lectures via video. The students learn independently‚ because each activity is provided
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Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 44 (2014) 206–220 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/neubiorev Review A review of physical and cognitive interventions in aging P.D. Bamidis a‚∗ ‚ A.B. Vivas b ‚ C. Styliadis a ‚ C. Frantzidis a ‚ M. Klados a ‚ W. Schlee c ‚ A. Siountas a ‚ S.G. Papageorgiou d a Group for Applied Neuroscience & Group for Assistive Technologies and Silverscience‚ Lab of Medical
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Chapter 4: Paying Attention Selective attention – usually focus our attention on one or a few tasks or events at any given time Extensive practice tasks becoming so easy and effortless performing them requires no attn. – automatic Attention is freed up for a person to do another task simultaneously with the automatic one – divided attention Find your keys on your desk Spatial attention – attn. can be focused on objects and events of interest in our enviro in order to aid in our ability to recognize
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Definition: psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes (thoughts‚ emotions‚ actions) Behavior: Overt; i.e.‚ can be directly observed (crying‚ reading‚ snowboarding) Mental Processes: Covert; i.e.‚ cannot be directly observed (remembering‚ thinking) – private and internal Pseudo-Psychologies Pseudo means “false”; Any unfounded “system” that resembles psychology and is NOT based on scientific testing Experiments – formal trial undertaken to confirm or disconfirm a hypothesis
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Glossary of New Media Terms · Analytics- data and software used to report performance · App- software that is used for business or entertainment. "application"‚ "application program" and "software application" refer to virtually any type of program from spreadsheets such as Excel to media players such as iTunes to virtual reality games such as Second Life. However‚ the term specifically excludes essential control software such as the operating system · Blog- type of webpage/site
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buried their food will prevent them from finding it later on‚ and designs an experiment to test her prediction. Caroline’s approach is an example of A) pseudoscience. B) the scientific method. C) the psychoanalytic model. D) the biopsychological model. 2. The term pseudoscience refers to A) the scientific study of psychology and related phenomena. B) hypotheses that have been rejected through observation and testing. C)
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Unit 1 – Introduction to Philosophy Chapter 1: Introducing Philosophy Philosophy: thinking about thinking‚ or the love of wisdom Autonomy: the ability to freely make rational decisions Materialism (physicalism): a metaphysical theory‚ developed by the PreSocratic philosophers‚ that says that everything‚ including a person’s thoughts‚ consciousness‚ and personality‚ is composed of matter Philosophical System Builder: someone who tries to construct a complete system of knowledge First-Order
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QUESTION ONE Name Five Approaches to Psychology 1. Social Psychology Social psychology is about understanding individual behaviour in a social context. Baron‚ Byrne‚ and Suis (1989) defined social psychology as “the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behaviour in social situations”. It therefore looks at human behaviour as influenced by other people and the social context in which it occurs. 2. Comparative Psychology This is a science which studies
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The past few decades have seen increasing interest in emotion research. Although much remains to be learned‚ agreement is beginning to emerge regarding the way emotion should be viewed. Emotions provide a unique source of information for individuals about their environment‚ which informs and shapes their thoughts‚ actions‚ and subsequent feelings‚ and there is a growing view that emotion information can be used more or less intelligently. A notion central to emotional intelligence theory is that
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Indian Journal Social Science Researches Vol. 6‚ No. 1‚ March‚ 2009‚ pp. 16-28 ISSN 0974-9837 Hemispheric Asymmetry in Depression: An Overview Rakesh Pandey* and Garima Gupta** The present paper attempts to review empirical evidences dealing with the nature of hemispheric asymmetry in depression. The early empirical evidences obtained from the study of unilateral focal brain damaged patients suggested that left hemisphere damage is associated with depression whereas the right hemisphere
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