or practice.  Serial Position Effect- our tendency to recall best the first and last items in a list. importance- further illustrates the benefits of rehearsal.  Mnemonics- memory aids‚ especially those techniques that use vivd and organizational devices. importance- organizes information into a simpler format.  Chunking- organizing items into familiar‚ manageable units. importance-
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Chapter 1: What is Positive Psychology Traditional Psychology: * The Milgram study‚ people thinking they were shocking individuals. 66% continued to deliver shocks * Study suggests that ordinary people will go against their own judgment and morals under pressure from authority * Human nature‚ as it appears cannot be counted upon to insulate society from acts of brutality * Similar with people following orders in war * Psychology typically focuses more on the negative that
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PSYCH Chapter One: Psychology and Scientific Thinking What is Psychology? Psychology is the scientific study of the mind‚ brain‚ and behavior. As a discipline‚ psychology spans many levels of analysis. Biological social influences Attachment Need to examine ALL of them: genetic/neurochemical/physiological and mental/behavioral/social level Depression at differing levels of Explanation Molecular level>Neurochemical>Neurological/physiological>Mental>Behavioral>Social Challenging
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References: Cherry‚ K. (2010). Introduction to Operant Conditioning. Retrieved September 30‚ 2014‚ from http://psychology.about.com/od/behavioralpsychology/a/introopcond.htm Heffner‚ M. (2011). Psychology 101. Retrieved October 01‚ 2014‚ from http://allpsych.com/psychology101/reinforcement.html Mercola‚ J. (2011). Benefits of Juicing: Your Keys to Radiant Health. Retrieved September 30‚ 2014‚ from http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/11/
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Jenny’s Diagnosis Brianna Johnson Psychology 101 Cassie was a woman I recently read an article on. She was an average collage student who lived on the campus at a university and balanced schoolwork with a workload‚ and a somewhat social life. However‚ Cassie was anything like anybody else. She had such rage in her about such small things she was unable to finish her schoolwork. It wasn’t until the middle of her junior semester
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Friday December 7th 2012 Developmental Psychology Final Paper Temperament: An Integrative Approach Temperament is not only interesting but a vital field of study. Temperament is considered to be on a continuum with personality disorders. When certain characteristics of a person’s temperament become dominant and begin to impair function over a prolonged period of time then these characteristics meet the requirements for a personality disorder which is in essence an exaggeration of traits
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Source: http://psychology.about.com Psychology Today‚ psychologists prefer to use more objective scientific methods to understand‚ explain‚ and predict human behavior. Psychological studies are highly structured‚ beginning with a hypothesis that is then empirically tested. The discipline has two major areas of focus: academic psychology and applied psychology. Academic psychology focuses on the study of different sub-topics within psychology including personality‚ social behavior and human
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8 8.1 PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS Introduction: What is the psychology of human relationships? Examiner’s hint The command term to what extent asks you to make a judgement about the influence of factors from each level of analysis in this area. You will find it helpful as you work through this chapter to keep a record of what factors appear to be involved and whether there is good evidence for the importance of their role. It would be a good idea to keep a note of studies that you can
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Glossary Psychology- Academic & applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and the brain. Overt behavior- The behavior that is observable & open to others. Covert behavior- The behavior that is not observable & open to others. Empirical evidence- Information that is acquired by observation or experimentation. Psychologist-A person trained and educated to perform psychological research‚ testing‚ and therapy. Academic psychologist- the study of methods of training
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Emotion: a complex psychological state or response 1) Physiological arousal 2) Expressive behaviours 3) Consciously experienced thoughts and feelings James-Lange Theory: Our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli. Perception of stimulus (car) arousal (pounding heart) emotion (fear) Cannon-Bard Theory: An emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the experience of emotion perception
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