Functional psychology

oxygenated hemoglobin increases the MR signal but because it displaces the deoxygenated hemoglobin that had been suppressing the MR signal intensity . The change in the MR signal, because of the neuronal activity is termed as Hemodynamic Response (HDR). Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) is a technique used to visualize…

Following the introduction of the brain-disease model of addiction, proponents and opponents have emerged to argue for or against a neurocentric view of addiction and the importance of brain circuitry in treating addiction. The following discussion will discuss the societal pros and cons of labeling addiction a brain disease and evaluate whether brain circuitry is necessary for the treatment of addiction in order to illuminate the benefits and drawbacks of the brain-disease model for individuals…

system. Therefore, neuroscience involves all the different branches of psychology that have the suffix “psych”, as for example psychology, psychiatry, psychopathology. All these specific courses of psychology are linked with the study of the nervous system. There are still some questions about the nervous system and the human behavior that scientists cannot clarify. That being said, it is fundamental that a branch of psychology takes…

Functionalism William James the founder of Functional psychology believed that memory allows us to retain bits of information for our own survival. He also believed that memory was a dichotomous feature. Although he believed this is his earliest research ignored memory all together. In the early 19th Century, James also suggested that there was a primary and secondary memory. Primary memory being interchangeable with short term memory, and secondary memory being interchangeable with long term…

Seligman’s self-talk appraisal, or the ABCDE’s of positive psychology, is a general guideline to positive self-talk and self-image. The ABCDE’s of positive psychology stand for adversity, beliefs, consequences, dispute, and energy. Carl Roger’s I am vs I should can be loosely described as a fully functional vs. maladjusted theory. Being fully functional means being open, creative, having the will to change, having an internal locus of control, and being free and open to new experiences. In…

disapproved of how most theories of psychology fixated on the past instead of looking at the present or future for insight into the development of personality. Allport also found the concepts of psychoanalysis as overly limiting to the study of personality as it fixated mostly on the unconscious and not nearly enough on conscious motivation (Cloninger, 2013). Instead, he took an alternate approach to studying personality, thus creating personological and humanistic psychology, which centers…

Jane Goodall’s discoveries has led to the proof of evolutionary psychology as she has successfully explained and derived useful mental and psychological traits as functional products of chimpanzees. In 1960, during her field observation research, Jane witnessed chimpanzees making tools which they would later use. This is the beginning of Jane’s proof of the human link with chimpanzees, as tool making is considered to be one of the defining characteristics of man kind. Later on, Jane has observed…

that for many years there has been a debate on the date which psychology became an independent discipline. Psychology is the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context. Most identity with the date 1879 when German psychologist Wilhelm Wundt opened the first laboratory exclusive to the practice of psychology. However, this date is still disregarded as the beginning of psychology. Despite the major impact of the laboratory on the…

DEPRESSION AND ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY Now more than ever we are seeing trying times, with the downfall of the economy, foreclosures and unemployment at their all-time highs. I have a friend of mine that works in the mortgage industry. She told me of a woman going through a divorce, just having lost her job, she said she was so sad and depressed a few months later, she than committed suicide. I hear on the news and I even have friends that their outlook on their circumstance is very traumatic and…

I have always strived to pursue a successful educational career. I dreamed for it, I planned for it, and made it happen. And although I have faced adversity, I maintained my dream to keep on growing. I recently graduated with my bachelors degree from UC Santa Cruz, which didn't come easy. But, proudly I can say is that it has been my most valued accomplishment. Pursuing graduate study would mean being an example to my family that if you believe in yourself, you can make anything happen. I…