1a- 4 domains of psychology that I find the most interesting are personality, memory, animal behavior, and evolution.
Memory- I have been interested in this domain of psycholgy ever since I read an article about how the brain distorts memories each time they are recalled. This led to me questioning every memory I have and wondering how much my brain has changed them over the years. Having knowledge about how the brain stores memories would also hopefully give me ideas to improve my own.
Personality- I find this area of psychology to be interesting because I often wonder why people act the way that they do.
Animal behavior- This area of psychology is interesting to me because I often wonder if animals act out of instinct or their own free will. Studying the psychology of animal behaviour I would hopefully
Evolution- This area of psychology interests me because I went to a Catholic high school and was told that catholics don’t believe in evolution. Because of this belief, my classmates and I were never educated on the topic.
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The dogs in group 1 were held in the harnesses for a certain amount of time and then let go without receiving shocks. The dogs in group 2 were paired up and leashed together but only one of them received an electrical shock that could be stopped by pressing a lever. The dogs in group 3 were also leashed together in pairs with one of them receiving shocks. What differentiated group 2 and 3 was that the shocks being administered to the dogs in group 3 could not be stopped. These shocks were random and seemed unavoidable, causing the dogs to believe that nothing could be done to stop them. After this experiment, the dogs in group 3 were placed in boxes individually and shocked. Although the boxes could be easily escaped by jumping, the dogs did not. Seligman concluded that the dogs had been conditioned to believe that they could not escape, thus learned helplessness was
Memory- I have been interested in this domain of psycholgy ever since I read an article about how the brain distorts memories each time they are recalled. This led to me questioning every memory I have and wondering how much my brain has changed them over the years. Having knowledge about how the brain stores memories would also hopefully give me ideas to improve my own.
Personality- I find this area of psychology to be interesting because I often wonder why people act the way that they do.
Animal behavior- This area of psychology is interesting to me because I often wonder if animals act out of instinct or their own free will. Studying the psychology of animal behaviour I would hopefully
Evolution- This area of psychology interests me because I went to a Catholic high school and was told that catholics don’t believe in evolution. Because of this belief, my classmates and I were never educated on the topic.
Ethics in Research …show more content…
The dogs in group 1 were held in the harnesses for a certain amount of time and then let go without receiving shocks. The dogs in group 2 were paired up and leashed together but only one of them received an electrical shock that could be stopped by pressing a lever. The dogs in group 3 were also leashed together in pairs with one of them receiving shocks. What differentiated group 2 and 3 was that the shocks being administered to the dogs in group 3 could not be stopped. These shocks were random and seemed unavoidable, causing the dogs to believe that nothing could be done to stop them. After this experiment, the dogs in group 3 were placed in boxes individually and shocked. Although the boxes could be easily escaped by jumping, the dogs did not. Seligman concluded that the dogs had been conditioned to believe that they could not escape, thus learned helplessness was