Cognitive science

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…

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…

My initial thoughts on my discussions when I read them is that I had quite a few misspelled words. Some of the art pieces we analyzed and discussed were a little more difficult to understand and it is blatantly obvious in my discussions. A lot of them are shorter than others. For example, Module 2: Introduction to Flanders seemed to be shorter in length than any other of my other discussions up until that point. I struggled to find the words to analyze Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride. My…

to kiss her kids. She does not have think before kissing her kids. The repeated behavior of kissing her kids leads the mother to unconsciously show her affection for them. The fourth psychological perspective is cognitive psychology. Schacter, D. et al (2015) pointed out that cognitive psychology is the “scientific study of mental processes, including perception, thought, memory, and reasoning” (p. 20). As an illustration, people have a type of person thought in mind that will come someday…

The view of physicalism gives a stronger and more plausible answer to the mind-body problem. There are several reasons why this particular view gives a more sensible for answer to the problem at hand. These reasons include the rationale behind the reasoning of brain research, how the different aspects of reductive physicalism is able to address the non-physical aspects of the mind, as well as the less than sensible claims that the opposing view, dualism, presents in comparison. One of the main…

Writing essays to some it 's a simple assignment of writing down ideas to others it could be A long process of analyzing, organizing, and writing which could be overwhelming. Readers who spend more time reading and analyzing an article will make it easier to reframe their thoughts and draw better ideas of the text. In the article “ Reading and Thought” by Dwight Macdonald sends the message that most people now don 't spend enough time reading. People aren 't taking the time to stop and think…

‘The Arrival’ is a movie which shows the relation between language and cognitive. The main character, Dr. Louise Bank is a linguist who has successfully proved the correlation between language and thoughts where she adopted the Sapir-Whorf theory. The main agenda in this movie is to show how two different languages communicate in such both sides can’t understand each other’s language. In my opinion, Dr. Bank together with Dr. Ian, however, have done their job very well in understanding the…

The description of what one is able to feel during the reach stage is a certain level of discomfort but excited as well because this step requires one to move themselves beyond their current circumstance all while practicing new thoughts. This is a place of discovery find something to say or do that moves will move the toxic thoughts in to positive thinking. This can be nurtured by reading and quoting scriptures. The mind is the power of intellect emotions and if an able to power by the Holy…

Neural activity is defined as the interactions and processes that occur in the brain due to internal and external stimuli, giving rise to psychological function. Carl Jung’s (2014) model of typology identifies four basic psychological functions; thinking, feeling, sensation and intuition. Jung (2014) states that, “Sensation establishes what is actually present, thinking enables us to recognize its meaning, feeling tells us its value, and intuition points to possibilities, giving outlook and…

In their work, The Extended Mind, Andy Clark and David Chalmers present the extended mind hypothesis to argue against the idea of the mind consisting solely of inputs and outputs. The hypothesis argues that the mind is not simply an internal thing, but rather that it can exist externally and be part of an individual’s environment. Clark and Chalmers argue for this this by presenting the examples of Otto, a man whose memories and knowledge lie in a notebook, and Inga someone who stores all the…