Embodied cognition

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…

Decision-Making and Problem-Solving Processes Decision making and problem solving is selecting the most logical choice to a problem from the variety of solutions. Decision making is completed by members of management need. Problem solving can be done by non-management. To make a good decision and to solve a problem, you first have to analyze the positives and negatives of each solution and evaluate the alternatives. When making an effective decision you must be able to forecast the outcome of…

Perceptual Development Primarily, perceptual development occurs during the prenatal perception period and the initial stages of infancy to start interpreting and understanding sensory input. A sensory milestone “Touch” gets develop around seven to eight weeks of prenatal perception period where the first sensation of touch emerges in the mouth and developmentally trends to the palm of the hands and then feet. Similarly, by the age thirteen to fourteen weeks of perceptual development, the…

Could vitamins and herbs boost older adults’ memory and improve cognition? Whether they have Alzheimer’s disease or they just have memory issue, it’s been researched that certain vitamins and herbs could protect older adults from memory loss (Ashpari, 2014). Nutritional supplementation can ply a role in improving our memory. According to Harris, Elizabeth, et al that “Nutritional and vitamin status may be related to cognitive function and decline in older adults”. However, some vitamins are…

“What are the core assumptions and key features of the biological and psychoanalytic perspectives in psychology? In what ways are they similar and how do they differ?” Two major areas within psychology include the biological and psychoanalytical perspectives. The biological perspective assumes that all our behaviours must have a basis in our physiology and treats humans as any other organism (Glassman & Hadad, 2009). The biological perspective’s main aims are to discover the psychological basis…

In “Rational Choice Theory and Interest in the “Fortune of Others” ”, Ray Paternoster, Chae Mamayek Jaynes, and Theodore Wilson test the relationship between an individual’s regard for others and their willingness to drink and drive, and if this regard affects the effect that threats of punishment have on an individual’s willingness to drink and drive. Rational choice theory has had many reiterations over the years with the most recent being based on self-regarding preference assumption…

There are two main ways to address loneliness, on an individual level and a societal level. Personality psychology tends to focus on the individual level, while social psychology focuses on the societal level. Depending on the type of loneliness a person is experiencing, one approach may be more beneficial than the other. For example, if the loneliness is emotional (lack of close emotional bonds with others), the issue may be more of an individual issue. Whereas, with social loneliness (lack of…

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…

1. Backward journey of a neuron Neurons are specialized cells, and their effective communication is vital to the proper functioning of the peripheral and central nervous system. In this part, we shall cover the backward journey of transmission. Neurons transmit electrical information through the body. The process of transmission should flow well, but there exists a gap between one neuron and the next one called the synaptic junction. The gap is known as the synaptic cleft. Since the electrical…

In many of the different writings that have been done by the Authors Jane Tompkins, Amy Tan, and myself have to do with the changed prospectives that show “utility of error”. Utility of error ties into both the terms Optimistic and Pessimistic. Optimistic tells us “ the experience of being wrong isn’t limited to humiliation and defeat”. Pessimistic meaning “tells us that wrongness is unpleasant, but it doesn't tells us why, and is has nothing at all to say about errors that don't turn it to be…