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    UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY PRESENTED BY: NJUE ANGELINE WANJA X74/53648/2012 PRESENTED TO: PROFESSOR GATUMU 1. MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN NATURE AND NURTURE Nature is the inherent character or basic constitution of a person or thing while nurture is the sum of the environmental factors influencing the behavior and traits expressed by an organism. 2.IDENTIFY THE RECOGNISED EFFECTS OF NATURE AND NURTURE ON BEHAVIOUR AND DISCUSS THE MAJOR ISSUE CONCERNING

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    What I Have Learned in Introduction to Psychology In Introduction to Psychology we touched briefly on a lot of the components of psychology. It is an introduction class‚ so it does not go deeply into any one category‚ instead just skims most of them. I learned what qualifies psychology as a science‚ the brain and how it is important in the science of psychology. I learned about sensation and perception and then did a project on how psychoactive drugs alter them. We talked in depth about learning

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    INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (PSYC1001A) Project 6: Conformity Arvind Sharma 2011547819 doscoarvind@yahoo.com PROJECT SUMMARY INTRODUCTION: Ever since the first experiment on conformity was conducted by Jenness in 1932‚ psychologists have tried to measure conformity under various situations. Historically‚ conformity has been measured in numerous ways‚ though the most widely used methods have been behavioural observations

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    A-C Study Notes Wk 7: Heterographs- Dear‚ deer—spell differently with different meanings but have the same pronounations Homographs-The Dove dove—spelled the same with different meanings some have same pronouncation and some have different pronoucation. Research Methods for study of reading: (reaction time) Lexical decision task—see if group of letters create a word (reaction time) Naming Task--saying the word out loud (for speed) Semantic priming effect (Meyer and Schvaneld

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    a predictor of job and life success? Over the years‚ intelligence has been defined in many different ways and called many different things. There are the abbreviations: “IQ” (intelligence quotient)‚ “g” (general intelligence)‚ “GCA” (general cognitive ability) and “GMA” (general mental ability). Whatever we call it‚ the way we measure it has not really changed in many years.  On how intelligence helps performance‚ most people will suggest that it is by improving things like problem solving and

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    Abstract An analysis of the history of cognitive psychology. Including key ideas‚ contributors‚ trends‚ etc. History of Cognitive Psychology According to G. Miller of Princeton University‚ cognitive psychology is an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes. So‚ “since the beginning of experimental psychology in the nineteenth century‚ there had been interest in the study of higher mental processes. But something discontinuous happened in the late 1950s‚ something so

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    Cognitive Psychology Definition and Subject Matter “Cognitive psychology is a modern approach to the study of [processes by which people come to understand the world- such processes as memory‚ learning‚ comprehending language‚ problem solving‚ and creativity. Cognitive psychology has been influenced by developments in language‚ computer science‚ and of course‚ earlier work in philosophy and psychology” – Hayes (cited by Lundin) This definition of Hayes emphasizes the notion that cognitive

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    Name of God Subject: An Introduction to Educational Psychology: Behaviourism & Cognitive Psychology March 6th‚ 2014 1.1 Introduction First chapter provide a brief introduction to: 1. The discipline of educational psychology 2. Important influences on the development of psychological ideas and theories related to the process of education 3. And finally relevance of these ideas to teaching and learning a foreign language 1.2 Educational Psychology Kaplan (1990) describes it

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    Cognitive Psychology Definition Paper Psy 360 6/ 27/11 INTRODUCTION What is cognitive psychology? Cognitive psychology (2011)‚ according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ is defined as‚ "a branch of psychology concerned with mental processes (as perception‚ thinking‚ learning‚ and memory) especially with respect to the internal events occurring between sensory stimulation and the overt expression of behavior”. Cognition is controlled by the part of the brain that is called the cerebrum

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    Shane Galvin-061 AT-Applied Psychology Shane Galvin Class: 061/AT Applied Psychology Teacher: Carol Neenan Title: Psychological Perspective Word count: 3121 The Cognitive Approach to Psychology Contents Page 1 - Contents Page 2 – Introduction Page 3 – History Page 4 – Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Science Page 6- Research methods i) iii) v) Reaction time Studies Eye Tracking Studies Psychophysics ii) iv) vi) Priming Studies Lateralisation Studies Single-Cell Studies Page 8 – Memory

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