Cognitive load

Azlynn did exceptionally well at staying focus and on task throughout our weeks together. She was very shy at first and it took some time in her opening up to me. On the first day together I shared about myself so that she could get to know me better as a person. Once I did that and with each day we were together she opened up more and more. Once she got comfortable enough she liked to talk about what she was going to do after school that day and after every few sentences of reading I would have…

assessment ((Lezak, Howieson, Bigler & Tranel, 2012). However, considering the severity of the patient’s disease, potential language impairment, lack of alertness, and/or memory, some information about their life can be obtained from other sources, like cognitive functioning records, hospital records or personnel working with the patient, or from family, friends, and employers (Lezak et al., 2012). This may help identify symptoms the person is not aware of and clarify the time course of their…

"Control, control, you must learn control!" The words of Master Yoda might be more than just advice but could have some backing in psychology. In the video, Roy Baumeister talks about research he has conducted on self-control or willpower. One of his experiments present the subject with a plate of cookies and beats. With a goal of testing not only the self-control of a person but also their ability to perform additional tasks as well as blood glucose tests. Personally I think this research…

different ways when studying the mind and behaviour of a human being. The seven perspectives each have their strengths and weaknesses. Out of the seven perspectives not one of them is correct. The seven perspectives are; Biological, Behaviourism, Cognitive, Humanistic, Psychodynamic, Sociocultural and Evolutionary. The Biological approach led psychologists to believe that the way one’s behaves is due to their genes and physiology. The biological approach is the only approach that examines…

I like dreaming with my eyes open. I’ll be sitting down in my International Relations class, for example, and out of nowhere I’ll begin writing funny, revealing dialogues between two friends. One guy, for instance, might be trying to open up to his friend about his homosexuality, only to end up having to explain to his friend why he is not attracted to him. I found my niche in comedy as a junior in high school—particularly in my Theater class. While pretending to recount formal monologues, I…

on a different spot from the usual would make one think twice about their location. The Stroop Effect is widely used in psychological assessments as a way to measure the selective attention and processing abilities of individuals, which include cognitive stimulation, planning, and decision-making in real life situations. The experiment, developed by John Ridley Stroop in 1935, consisted of tasks, in which subjects were to name the color with the word, whether they were matching or not. The time…

Have you ever just wanted to just go and say something as simple as, “Hi,” to someone you would love to meet? Most people have seen, the person they want to meet the most on TV and I know for a fact, I have. Some people might want to meet Justin Bieber, or Russell Wilson, But i would love to meet Kobe Bryant, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, and Aaron Rodgers. If I had a chance to meet three people in the world, I would have to choose Kobe Bryant, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, and…

A cognitive bias is the common tendency to acquire and process information by filtering it through one's own likes, dislikes, and experiences. These biases are often studied in psychology and behavioral economics. There are many types of these cognitive biases, which influence the reasons why we think what we think. The cognitive biases are all the different ways that our brains process information and sort through situations. Novel experiences become part of our memory as we experience them.…

What I hear and I forget. What I see and I remember. What I do and I know. The completion of this course has approached and I walk away with the capability to apply the left bucket, the textbook and syllabus, with the right bucket, real life application, classroom examples and group projects. I walked away with a one hybrid bucket of skills, knowledge and life experience. The first day of class I walked into a high task and low relationship without even knowing. The first task asked from the…

Subjects were diagnosed and placed into one of the three following categories- subjective cognitive impairment (SCI) and MCI, mild AD, and moderate AD. Participants then performed a series of cognitive assessments followed by balance assessments. Their balance was evaluated using the BESTest which is split into six subgroups- anticipatory postural adjustments, biomechanical constraints, stability…