Cognitive load

If I may be candid, after reading this book written by Petersen (2015) he opened my eyes on a lot of skills that I thought I had mastered, but now I know this is not the case. Furthermore, I have fallen into several of the traps that Petersen talks about in the book. I realize that even in my personal life I fall into the trap of having the Flat Head Syndrome. For example, I could remember a case where one of my cousin and eye were talking about sports, in which, sometimes one of us could…

WHAT I DO HAVE ARE A VERY PARTICULAR SET OF SKILLS INTRODUCTION I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. (Morel, 2008) This famous quote from the movie Taken, provides us with the sense of what it takes to be a professional. It provides us with the beginning, an understanding, that we need a very particular set of…

In the article, the ways in which concentration shields against distraction are examined. It basically states that, the higher the level of concentration the more difficult it is to become distracted. While engaged in activities that call for high levels of concentration, people seldom heed the distractions surrounding. The article also provides two reasons why it is believed that concentration shields against distraction. The first reason is “undesired processing of the background is reduced”,…

thinking about the lecture you got from your boss when you are cooking dinner. The average person spends up to one third of their life engaging in thoughts that are not related to the task at hand. Two recent papers examine the perceptual and cognitive consequences of mind wandering. In a study by Terhune and colleagues, participants were shown infrequent "Oddball" green circles embedded in a stream of "Standard" blue circles. Participants had to judge whether each oddball was shorter or…

Graduate Student Extra Paper: Cognitive Dissonance Theory Cognitive dissonance is a state that a person may enter when their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are not aligned with each other. This inconsistency causes dissonance, which is unwanted, so a person can be motivated to remove if the dissonance becomes too strong. To feel this dissonance, a person will need to feel responsible for their actions and the consequences of their actions. These consequences need to be aversive, irrevocable,…

The semester is almost running out. On April 27, our class had a research presentation for each individual. Obviously, everyone felt nervous and anxious, overall, I would say that the first group did very well. One of those presentations, “Art Therapy”, presented by Jennifer Hudak, was really interesting. I really liked this one. I think this topic contained useful information to people who feel curious about this field. Her presentation was about her researches, and the advantages of art…

While watching Esther Perel’s Ted Talk she discusses multiple important concepts to focus on while in a long-term relationship. The two ideas I found most interesting was the questions she posed along the lines of “What draws you most to your partner?” such as at their work, when they are far away etc. The second question she mentioned that I found interesting was “what shuts you off and turns you on?”. While watching this TED talk I actually thought about my own relationship. My current…

and an applied science which seeks to understand individuals and groups by establishing general principles and researching specific cases. Psychology lends itself to fall into certain perspectives or paradigms: Cognitive, Behavioral, Humanistic, Dynamic, and Bipolar Depression. The cognitive paradigm explores the inner workings of the mind, how people view experiences and interpret them. "Sense making literature". People have schemas - frame of mind created by an accumulation of all their…

Mental toughness and mindfulness are two interesting topics, which psychologists continue to research and try and endeavor more evidence about it, and how they are related then affect sporting performance, or more general, performance in real life situations. To date, many researches and scientists are still trying to look beyond the obstacles of different aspects and their abilities to justify if mental toughness and mindfulness are related, and if so how do they affect the performance of a…

Another thing that may interfere with recalling memories from our 2014 trip is that we take this trip to Edisto every summer, so all the different memories may get switched around and confused. Eyewitness testimony is an important area of research in cognitive psychology and human memory and it relates to how I asked my mom and Lisa to recall every memory or event they could from our 2014 Edisto trip (Eyewitness Testimony,…