Phineas Gage

Psychology Essay Starting off in unit one, our online class discussed multiple careers in psychology. In order to understand the different careers we had to research a career we were interested in, like a Cognitive Psychologist or Clinical Psychologist. We had to describe the job in a discussion, including salary and a brief description of the job. We also learned about psychology and the history behind it. We watched videos and read online text, then answered questions we had to turn in for a…

There are many books out there that talk about adolescents and why they may act the way that they do. “Why do they act that way?” by Dr. David Walsh, doesn’t just lay out all of the facts like some other books might. Dr. Walsh takes the information that he has collected and connected that to the experiences that he has from being a father to adolescents, being a teacher, and being a school psychologist. It is by adding this personal element to the information that makes it so connectable to…

Combining the law, free will, and a mental illness led by brain damage, you will get an interesting episode that causes you to be lost in a thought. In a podcast with author and neurologist, Robert Sapolsky, we learn about a man with epilepsy, also known as Kevin. Robert Sapolsky describes the story and shows two opposing point of views involved in controlling actions with a brain damage. The hypothesis presented in this case study was whether the impulses in the brain were able to be controlled…

We like to think that we have free will that we have a choice in how to live our lives that we can achieve anything we want in life as long as we choose to work hard and stay motivated. We hear about those great success stories about people making it to the top thanks to their efforts. But it is not always that way. For most people the story is different, even though they choose to work hard and sacrifice in many ways, they still cannot achieve their goals and dreams. Sometimes it is not up to…

Researching the correlation amongst brain anatomy and physiology is a primary pursuit of neuroscience. Simplistic in its composition the brain is astoundingly the most complicated machine known to man. This mass of protein and fat in addition to being responsible for maintaining homeostasis also encompasses attributes that not only make us unique, creative, empathetic, moreover human. Overview of structure & function The brain of humans is primarily composed of two general classes of…

In psychology there are a variety of differing perspectives and opposing schools of thought about how we should view human behaviour. These range from the genetic view of the world, to the more mechanical cognitive school, to work of Sigmund Freud and on to the ideas of the more scientific behaviourists in the twentieth century. All of these perspectives developed in different ways and have differing ideas as to how human behaviour is best explained and this essay will look at and aim to…

There are many books out there that talk about adolescents and why they may act the way that they do. “Why do they act that way?” by Dr. David Walsh, doesn’t just lay out all of the facts like some other books might. Dr. Walsh takes the information that he has collected and connected that to the experiences that he has from being a father to adolescents, being a teacher, and being a school psychologist. It is by adding this personal element to the information that makes it so connectable to…

The difference between nature and nurture is that nature is the idea that behavior is effected by your chemical and gene make up while nurture is the idea that you are a blank slate and your behavior is distinguished by experiments. They both effect behavior is what was discovered. * Dualism is supported by cognitive psychologists such as George A. Miller and Sigmund Freud * Rene Descartes dealt with Monism vs. Dualism & Interactive Dualism * Monism is the belief that the mind…