Cognitive science

I'm writing this letter to apply to the Aveda Institute of Dallas. I'm thrilled to join the Aveda Institute of Cosmetology. It has always been my dream to have my own salon. I was raised seeing my mother involved in hair styling. Since then, I developed interest to be a hair stylist and make a difference in the area of Cosmetology. There is nothing exciting for the rest of my life than making people feel great about them selves. This is the moment I have been waiting for a while and I'm pretty…

What does it mean to be provocative? In today’s society, it’s a buzzword; the term provocative is splattered over everything from news articles to online videos. It’s a term the media’s latched onto and has engulfed many of us. However, what does the word truly mean? Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines it as “serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate.” However, Urban Dictionary, a slang dictionary that encompasses a large part of dominant culture for teenagers, defines the word…

For the athletes to learn the hitting skill correctly, it is important to look at the sessions practice design. Motor learning occurs through practice or experience (Hoffman, 2018c). As the hit has both a start and finish, it will be viewed as a discrete skill. Massed vs Distributed Practice Massed practice is where activities in each session are performed closely together. Distributed practice is where activities in each session are spread apart and there are a greater number of sessions each…

I strongly agree with the cognitive approach where your consciousness is an interpretation of what your thoughts are actively focused upon, rather than the psychodynamic approach, where your consciousness is based entirely on your unconscious thoughts. Baars (2011) discussed the method of contrastive analysis and the famous, well-studied technique, called binocular rivalry. The left eye and right eye are presented with very different images and the brain flips between the two images. Baars…

This assignment was a difficult one as it asked for me to do a lot of self reflection, something I am not too particularly good at. I rarely take the time to reply think about myself and how I am doing in the big picture, which has gotten me in trouble more than once. I find myself trying to keep myself so busy that I can’t focus on myself, even if it is unhealthy. I work full time at the local hospital as a Certified Nursing Assistant, and I just finished my Emergency Medical Technician…

My philosophy statement.. depicts the starting point of my resolution of how I think Education should be implemented. My statement is determined by my current belief that works with my morality and portrayal of an art educator, as well as on a semi-personal level - in way that does not disrupt the culture of my students. Throughout the course of Philosophical Foundations of Education, the class contributed to thinking critically about the different methods that a teacher can process into a…

This journal entry has provided me a reason to record what I am thinking and I'm going to take full advantage of that. I don't want this to come off as unprofessional. I also don't want to give you the impression that I am mentally unstable, but am I actually alive? I've thought of this before, in passing, but I've never truly come to terms with any conclusion I've met. This could be a textbook case of an existential crisis, but "crisis" makes it seem like this has consumed my life or worried me…

Mental imagery can be performed using one of two basic perspectives, namely internal or external. The internal perspective involves imaging from within the body and experiencing the motor act without overt movement, i.e., the subject imagines that he or she is really performing the motor act, that his or her muscles are contracting, and that he or she feels kinesthetic sensations. The external perspective, on the other hand, involves imagining the action as if it is outside the body, i.e., the…

Throughout my undergraduate sport and exercise science degree at The University of Birmingham, I have become fascinated with the interaction between psychology and physiology and how this can affect the cardiovascular/immune system and ultimately, health. It was my dissertation and modules which first aroused this interest, and completing a critical essay, debating whether high or low cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress is the most detrimental to health, further enhanced this…

this article because it involves how cognitive psychology takes place in order to better our students learning. I have always had an interest with how hard it must be for instructors to try and get their students to memorize information and actually enjoy it along the way. How can they gain the most information through the series of ideas and steps?…