ARELLANO UNIVERSITY Pasig City College of Arts and Science Psychology Department LECTURE NOTES ON GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY (No. 1) AY I. Nature of Psychology A. Psychology - the term psychology derives from the Greek roots psyche‚ meaning “soul” or “mind‚” and logos‚ meaning “word.” Psychology is literally the study of the mind or soul and people defined it that way until the early 1900s. Around 1920‚ psychologists became disenchanted with the idea of studying the mind. First‚ research deals
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The topic of seminar: The main trends of Cognitive Linguistics in works of foreign (American and European) scientists Problem task: What principles of cognitive linguistics did G. Lakoff pay much attention at ? Describe his idea. Describe the study of spatial relationships and types of movement in the conceptualization of language‚ the concept of imaginative schemes and types of schemes. Describe the study of body based consciousness and language of humans. The idea of the concept of embodiment
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One could say that there is nothing‚ which is more embarrassing than a lack of knowledge about individual details. Furthermore‚ the demonstration of personal skills such as professional-/subject related knowledge and personal abilities is to most important part for convincing the possible employer. The last but not least important element could be called the management of soft skills. For instance‚ the applicant should be dressed according to a standard‚ which fits the company’s requirements. Moreover
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Choices in Psychology Terri Greer 1/17/16 Abstract Dr. Mary Matheson is a forensic psychology with a private practice in Los Angeles‚ California. Dr. Mary Matheson earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology from the Humanistic Psychology Institute in 1978. Dr. Matheson is a licensed clinical clinician and marriage and family specialist‚ and member of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology. CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY INTERVIEW How would you characterize
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Piaget’s theory of cognitive development consists of four evident phases. The first is referred to as the sensorimotor stage. This stage typically occurs between birth and two years of age. During the sensorimotor stage children at first rely solely on the reflexes (sucking and rooting for example) that they were born with. Intelligence manifests itself through motor activities‚ for example children learn to crawl and walk during this stage. Most of the knowledge acquired during this stage is through
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LO 1 Define psychology. “The study of behavior & mental process” LO 2 Describe the scope of psychology and its subfields. “The psychology is a broad field that includes many perspectives and SUBFIELDS. APA the American Psychological Association and the APS The Association for Psychological Science. Psychologists conduct two major types of research Basic research which is “often done in universities” and focuses on collecting data to support (or refute) theories and gathers knowledge for the sake
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1. Define social studies? Critically examine the status of social studies in secondary school curriculum in India. Social studies deal with the relationship between the people living in the society. In the school curriculum‚ along with the other subjects‚ social studies is also one of the subject‚ in fact we are dealing with it even before school. One first social institution is the family‚ and then only the school comes into the picture. In the family the interaction with family members socializes
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insight in to the question of the self. Psychoanalytic‚ social‚ behavioral‚ traits‚ biological‚ humanistic‚ and cognitive are some of the theories that will be discussed in this course. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: · University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. · Instructor policies: This document
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Alexis Nelson PSYCH 101 Professor Green Learning Principles A desirable behavior that I would like strengthen a lot would be my studying and homework habits. I would like to study or do homework for a designated hour every night. When I come home from work‚ I want to grab my books and go straight to the library for at least an hour. I selected this behavior because I believe that I need to dedicate more time to my school work. I have always waited until the last minute to study and do homework;
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Research‚ Statistics‚ and Psychology Paper PSY 315 Research‚ Statistics‚ and Psychology Paper Two important factors of psychology and studying it are statistics and research. This paper will explain what research is and the scientific method. This paper will also explain how research is important to psychology. When a researcher does studies on psychology they receive data from the subjects‚ they are studying. In any type of research there are two major types of data‚ they are primary data and
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