Attention seeking

Case Conceptualization B is an 11-year old female who was previously seen by a psychology intern at Catholic Charities to address problems with sustaining attention and focus. After psychological testing, B was diagnosed with: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity Disorder 314.00 (F90.0) Predominantly inattentive presentation: moderate 315.00 (F81.0) Specific Learning Disorder With impairment in reading: Reading rate or fluency, severe. The diagnosis of specific learning disorder and ADHD…

A Split Attention Effect in Multimedia Learning: Evidence for Dual Processing Systems in Working Memory, written by Robert E. Mayer and Roxana Moreno, discusses a study that tested students’ ability to successfully and effectively process information from two different stimuli at once. Mayer and Moreno found that students were able to perform better on recall tests when presented with an auditory list of instructions rather than a visual one. The purpose of the study, according to Mayer and…

threatening and so we would observe a main effect of anxiety. If anxiety is related only to certain stages of attention then we expect anxiety and presentation time to interact with high anxiety and low anxiety groups differing in some stages and not others. The second prediction is supported as anxiety and presentation time interact. There is a difference in the allocation of attention by high and low anxiety groups at some points…

This Essay will firstly focus on my experience with nature. Relating to my experience of walking around a local unused golf course. The theory which relates to this experience is Attention restoration theory (ART). ART believes there is a type of attention which becomes exhausted and can be restored with nature. In addition, Restorative Components of Environments Scale (RCES) and Ulrich’s Psychoevolutionary theory will be examined to demonstrate how they also relate to my experience with nature.…

Yeah, those are typical high school science experiments, but realizing that our bodies and the living organisms that surround us are so much more complex, it was just mind blowing to me. Mr. Gleave’s passion for science inspired me to want to keep seeking out more information on how things work and why something is the way it…

supporting the “age influenced positivity effect” is proven in diversified studies (Kim, Healey, Goldstein, Hasher, & Wiprzycka, 2008). It is widely respected in aging psychology that older adults are more connected to positive stimuli, documenting attention to memory tasks, reading emotions through facial expressions and images in addition to health and advertising (Carstensen & Mikels, 2005; Mather & Carstensen, 2003). The younger adults focus on the negative aspects and stimuli in all of the…

I decided to pay my respect to teachers, and always pay attention and never speak while others are talking. I am very sorry once again. There is nothing else I can say. I apologize deeply. My actions were wrong I should not have laughed at you, or at the other teachers. Once again there was no humor in what you had to say. The punishment you gave us is ridiculous. This essay is all right, but the suspension, is not the right thing to do. There are kids that vandalize school property and skip…

Classroom Management Plan for Amy Introduction Classroom management is arguably the most important aspect in the classroom. Being an effective teacher is important as well, but to teach well you need to have control over the classroom. When you have the right control, the classroom will benefit. Good classroom management keeps everybody on task including the teacher. When the teacher is distracted by trying to control a situation, the class suffers and there is less time for learning. As…

Bronfenbrenner’s model Ten years old Judy grew up in an abusive family with a single mother, who has recently been fire. Because of this stress in the issue of income, Judy’s mother turns to alcohol for help. By using Bronfenbrenner’s ecological system this report aims to exam the five environmental systems that has influences on Judy’s development. The environmental system includes Microsystem, Mesosystem, Exosystem, Macrosystem and Chronosystem. This model helps create positive and negative…

Studies have proven the contrary to what people believed of the distraction that iPads’ usage could imply. In fact, children using iPads were more engaged in the classroom (even those with short attention spans), because they saw the gadget as an innovation, which helped them focus their attention on it. Additionally, is very unlikely that children could become addicted to technology, because nowadays they live in a world surrounded by it. Nevertheless, another issue could be college students…