Cognitive psychology

One of the principals that define the cognitive level of analysis is humans are information processors, and mental processes guide our behavior. Elizabeth Loftus was concerned with how information following an event can affect an eyewitness’s account of an event. She was mainly researching the impact of how questions are worded and why leading questions can “reshape” or change the way we remember a certain event. Her theory was that she could alter a person’s memory of an event by simply…

Through brain imaging practices, scientists have been able to identify that the same areas of the brain that are activated when recalling past experiences, are also activated when trying to calculate the future. The main region of the brain that scientists note for experiencing this similar activity is the hippocampus. Despite their being sources of distributed representation, episodic memory relies heavily on the hippocampus. This fact is illustrated when Mckinnon finally began to reach out to…

In the article by (multiple authors) wanted to test whether memory and imagination where independent functions. Similarly it is believed that imagining the future depends on the ability to retrieve episodic details from past experiences in order to build a novel experience. Both memory and imaging functions are known to be carried out in the hippocampus so the researchers wanted to know whether the hippocampus could distinguish between remembering the past and imaging the future. To address…

The definition of insignificance is “small” or “not worth considering.” This enforces the many reasons for the insignificance of the trapper in the oil painting “Trapper in the Wilderness” by Sydney Laurence. Two such reasons are the size and the color of the trapper. The size of the trapper in the painting contributes greatly to the general triviality of the trapper. The tent and trees near the trapper tower over the trapper, thus drawing away from the attention given to him or her. He or she…

studies have taken each side of the argument and sought to prove which stance is valid. Slaughter and Zapata (2014) are inclined to proving that culture does indeed influence mind reading. The analysis validates the sociocultural perspective of cognitive development which asserts that everyday interactions are essential for human development. The primary elements that influence human behavior in the sociocultural environment include nationality, gender, age, race, amongst others (Siegler, 2014).…

My Reflection Paper While completing the first module for neurology there were many aspects of the brain that I was completely unaware of and found interesting. As a speech-language pathologist, it is important for one to know the function of the brain so one can have the skills to help improve the ability for an individual to communicate with others. Damage to certain parts of the brain function can lead to some drastic consequences relating to speech and language functions. I had always found…

Szulimowski F2025231 'Discuss the contribution of psychological research conducted in the laboratory to our understanding of how humans behave and respond in the real world, drawing on examples from Chapters 2, 4 and 9 of Investigating Psychology.' In the world of psychology, it's questionable as to how accurate research conducted in the laboratory can be to our understanding of how humans behave in the real world. The brain is the most complex organ in the human body and with it comes a…

Elevate works by first picking the skills you would like to improve, then from that data Elevate creates a personalized training program. They suggest you to train at least 3 times a week to improve results. You receive a new set of mental games each day to build the skills you need most. Elevate also has a detailed performance tracking that scores and ranks you on how well you do. Skills like focus, memory, processing, math, precision, and comprehension etc., are tested and claim to be improve…

Psychology, loosely defined, is the scientific and in depth study of the mind and behavior, predominantly in humans. Because Psychology is a fairly new science, there’s many theories, perspectives, and viewpoints that go into the study of the human brain and human behavior. This essay will discuss in detail three particular perspectives within the psychological world that stand out the most: The Psychodynamic, Humanistic, and Behaviorism perspective. Throughout this essay, these three…

positive to focus on when negative things happened. The movie demonstrates many of the fundamental aspects of psychological development during the human life span. Three broad categories that the movies demonstrates are physical development, cognitive development, and social development.…