Functional psychology

explained that you are dead if you brain cannot produce dreams or if you are unaware you are sleep. Without knowing that you exist, studies shows that it is impossible to develop a conscious. Psychologists explains, the physical, neural, cognitive, functional, representational, and higher-order aspects of consciousness. To be awake or sleep the two states are so different and regularly experienced by everybody every day. The point is that when everyone dreams it give the body a sense of…

Belief Perseverance and how it Affects us in Today’s Society Ayesha Rawlins Florida International University Belief Perseverance and how it Affects us in Today’s Society Many people may not be familiar with the term belief perseverance or confirmation bias, but we all experience these phenomena without even realizing it. Belief perseverance refers to the biasness towards information that agrees with our personal values even though they have been discredited or proven false. There has been…

I chose the topic of psychological treatments and disorders because I’ve always been interested in the way the human mind functions and ways to treat it. The psychology field is a very broad subject that has a great deal of history and knowledge that the average person would not know about. People nowadays are given multiple options for treating their illness, whereas many years ago, mental illness was frowned upon and was not given many or even sane approaches to treatment. Asylums, mental…

way, comparing and contrasting different disciplines, and using my skills within different disciplines. My experiences this semester have also helped me to further foster my goals and interests. As the lab is in the psychology department, I have mostly had exposure to psychology. The…

Neuropsychologist: The Brain Manufacturer HAHAHA! Arms and legs rage uncontrollably just above the white bed, that is contained within a lifeless white room. The two white demented powers of observation produce fear in his family. It was only a matter of time that his twinkling white smile goes from soothing to terrifying for his lovely wife. Loud laughter lives with his new life thanks to the repeated episodes of gelastic epilepsy. This condition produces seizures, which interrupt so heavily…

would argue that it is a combination of both nature and nurture that shapes human outcome. I tend to look at it like this: we cannot escape our genetic predispositions, but we can change the psychology surrounding them. Thus, it is possible to raise a child who had an incredibly dire utero experience into a functional, happy person and vice versa. Paul gives explanation of this with regards to PTSD and how this genetic marker could be both a hindrance or survival testimony (Paul, 2011). So, I…

that Hermann Ebbinghaus played in experimental psychology while giving his eulogy, saying, As I approach the topic of this lecture, what is uppermost in my mind is a sense of irreparable loss. When the cable brought the bad news, last February, that Ebbinghaus was dead… the feeling that took precedence even of personal sorrow was the wonder of what experimental psychology would do without him. (Hoffman & Bamberg, 2005) Fortunately, experimental psychology survived the death of Ebbinghaus, aided…

watched as my grandfather succumbed to Parkinson’s disease. On several occasions, he would take me with him when he went to physical therapy sessions, and I feel that sparked my interest. It was something that I believe helped him remain mobile and functional until an old age. In high school, I encountered physical therapy again when I got into an accident. Soon after, I ended up going to physical rehabilitation to get back motion in my knee. It was at these sessions that I cemented that this…

Milgram’s (1974) empirical study of obedience is of paramount influence within experimental social psychology. Milgram (1974) was notorious for his fascination with the perils of group behaviour and blind obedience to authority, and aspired to facilitate understanding surrounding human ability to act inhumanely, without boundaries or any apparent conscience, with specific interest surrounding the horrendous acts committed during the Holocaust (Mastrioanni, 2002). Milgram’s (1974) experiment is…

disorder is not legitimate compared to say, that of a schizotypal personality disorder. This is because some believe there is not strong enough evidence to support what really qualifies as “borderline”. Drawing from the biopsychosocial model (used in psychology often); there are three main factors that could influence a person to develop or inherit BPD. Two components within the biopsychosocial model are social/environmental and psychological. Starting with the social and environmental factors…