Psychology - scientific study of behavior and mental processes. The 7 Subfields of Psychology Developmental Psychology - The study of how people grow and change physically cognitively‚ emotionally‚ and socially from the prenatal period through death. Subfields include: child‚ adolescent‚ and life-span psychology. Physiological Psychology - Investigates the biological basis of behavior. Subfield include: neuroscience‚ biological psychology‚ and behavior genetics. Experimental Psychology - Investigates
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Cognitive Psychology “Cognitive Psychology is a psychological perspective that addresses mental processes such as thinking‚ problem solving‚ perceiving‚ remembering‚ believing‚ and speaking‚ and seeks to identify behavior by characteristics other than its obvious properties‚” (“Cognitive psychology‚” 2009). Cognitive psychology and behaviorism are comparable but the main differentiation is that behaviorism fails to address mental processes and cognitive psychology works to create a comprehensible
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Psychology Notes – Memory Flow of information in memory: Encoding Storage Retrieval Key terms: Encoding: changing information so that it can be stored Storage: holding information in the memory system Retrieval: recovering information from storage Multi-store: the idea that information passes through a series of memory stores Sensory store: holds information received from the senses for a very short period of time Short-term store: holds approximately seven chunks of information for
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The cognitive approach in psychology deals with human thought and mental processes such as memory‚ remembering and problem solving. The cognitive approach is interested in how people take in information‚ how they mentally represent it and how they store it. It also looks at how the information is perceived and processed and how integrated patterns of behaviour occur. Memory is fundamental to our lives‚ we have to recall who we are‚ recognise the faces of everyone we meet and remember how to move
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Memory Strategies 2 Abstract The research is demonstrating the use of memory strategy in an educational setting; this study examines the use of chunking on telephone numbers by students on campus. There were a total of 40 students that participated‚ and they were split into two groups consisting of 20 students per group. The control group used chunking as their memory strategy for memorizing a list of 10 telephone numbers. In contrast‚ the experimental group has used no specific strategy to
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The effects of Stress on Short Term Memory When someone says the word stress the mind immediately shifts to a negative thought with painful consequences‚ although stress can be either positive or negative. Negative stress has been blamed for a variety of health issues as well as psychological and physiological symptoms and problems. It is estimated that millions of pounds are lost in work related‚ educational and health care costs every year due to stress. While stress is a naturally occurring
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Why is human memory subject to error? Human memory is subject to error because human memory is imperfect just like many things in nature. The way we perceive things are not always accurate. Memory is not like a movie camera it is reconstructive. According to Wade & Tarvis (2012)‚ “Because memory is reconstructive‚ it is subject to confabulation--confusion of an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you‚ or a belief that you remember something when it never actually happened”
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Malinda S. Kline March 13‚ 2013 Module 1: Assignment 3 PSY:101 General Psychology A03 KlineM_W1_A3.doc Instructor Angela Snelling Areas of Specialization |Number |Subjects of study in |Areas of specialization in |Definition and key points of this specialization (be|Rationale (reason why you matched |Possible research method of | | |psychology |psychology (match with below |sure to use professional sources) |this
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When I think back‚ one of my most memorable childhood experiences would definitely be learning to ride a bike. Almost every child will encounter this event in some period of their lifetime‚ and will actually discover a great deal from it. I consider this a classic event in my life that will always be revered‚ because it has influenced and marked my life in so many different ways. Many people consider learning to ride a bike a new experience‚ but they do not consider the possibility of it also having
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