Functional psychology

been fascinated by the brain, the field of Neuroscience, which studies the nervous system where the brain resides, has not had significant progress until recent decades. This progress can be attributed to the rise of technology with tools such as Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) which essentially detect brain activity in a noninvasive manner. Due to the availability of these tools, neuroscientists have discovered beneficial information to the process of learning. One of the…

rates and conducted brain scans of young adults while the individuals viewed a number of images of faces with a wide array of expressions. The participants viewed the faces once after an all-nighter and again after a full night’s sleep. The fMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging, brain scans showed that the areas of the brain that sense emotion could not differentiate between friendly…

gave information of anatomical structure. In the early 80s, the development of positron emission tomography gave the neural sciences the ability to produce 3D images of functional processes and magnetic resonance imaging provided an alternative to CT and X-ray imaging without the radiation exposure. Lastly, the domination that Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging has developed in the field of brain mapping came about in the 90s. As mentioned in the scientific literature, neuroimaging data can…

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: Albert Ellis is considered as the founder of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. He discovered that our positive or negative beliefs influence our emotional functioning in the brain. He said that our negative beliefs lead us to anxiety, depression, aggression and people often think of self harming behaviors. He also said that by not taking into account the fact that cognition affects our emotional thinking, other theories failed to explain that why people…

especially if you sleep fewer than eight hours each night. Allow your midlife to be a time of creative change. Although it may be painful at first, it can be your greatest opportunity for having the life you want or gaining a sense of peace ("Midlife | Psychology Today," n.d.). References Chronic Disease Overview | Publications | Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion | CDC. (2017, June 28). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/overview/index.htm Convoy Model: Explaining…

INTRODUCTION Serious Mental Illness (SMI) – also called severe or chronic mental illness – can be defined as mental infirmities that affect individuals long enough to result “… in functional impairment which substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities. … All of these disorders have episodic, recurrent, or persistent features; however, they vary in terms of severity and disabling effects” (Federal Register, 1993). Grave forms of depression and a wide range of…

depressive forces and facilitate the uniqueness and significance of the individual. A positive, holistic asset view of SSD may ameliorate the chronic social, occupational and physical debilitation and hopelessness associated with this disorder. Does the functional revolution of removing MUS from the SSD diagnostic criteria create a need to evolve from the mental illness perspective into a holistic wellness…

as well and vise versa. They both can deal with injuries and disabilities. However they differ into how they look at things and the context in how they look at them. Occupational therapy tends to focus more on evaluating and improving a persons functional abilities, but does not directly treat a persons injury. An occupational therapist is more focused on optimizing a persons independence and their ability to accomplish daily activities from that injury or impairment. Helping people improve…

These includes: Music theory, composition and arranging, music history, applied primary instrument lessons, functional training in guitar, piano and voice. Clinical foundations portion studies the major principle of therapy, the develop of humans through the lifespan, and psychopathology. The music therapy portion consists assessment and evaluation of patients, methods and techniques, the psychology of music, directed research, and an internship. General education courses are the standard…

The field of neuroscience has come a long way from the physical study of the brain by way of dissecting the deceased or experimenting on live animals, to today’s age where one could see the brain in real-time via functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The fMRI is a noninvasive technique that provides images that detects the changes in blood flow that in parts of the brain that are more active than others. The information can then be compared to existing anatomical knowledge of the brain…