Ivan Della Mea

In short, "The Gift of the Magi" is about the surprising Christmas Eve of young couple, Della and Jim Young. Desperate for any way to get the other something special, they each decide to sell their most valued possession. Della cuts and sells…

There are many more things that make up Pavlov’s contribution to psychology, including other psychologists that we would not even know about without Pavlov. This topic fits into this class because the entire section of 3.2 is about Pavlov. I am hoping that this will bring up some new information about Ivan Pavlov that we are not usually taught about. I want to talk about his life leading up to the point that we have all gotten to know him from; Pavlov lived a very unique life. I want to talk…

(Psychology, a Journey, 2014). Operant conditioning can be used in the form of discipline for students. Discipline is important for children to develop and succeed. Discipline is usually thought of as being negative but that is not always true. Skinners theory operant conditioning uses both positive and negative reinforcement to discourage unwanted behavior. It is also used to reinforce appropriate behavior. Because every action has a consequence, when the consequence is positive, the…

A Three Second Memory? There is a common belief that fish only have a three second memory and that they cannot be trained to compete tricks, and this may be caused by the short lifespan of some species of fish, making testing for long term memory difficult (Reebs, 2008, p.1). Moreover, many assume that goldfish do not have a memory since goldfish always seem like they are hungry, since they are always seen foraging for food. However, as a long time goldfish owner, I have witnessed my goldfish…

In Eduardo Kohn’s “How Dogs Dream”, Kohn delves into the life of the Upper Amazonian Runa and attempts to analyze dogs’ dreams by understanding the relationship of the Runa with other lifeforms. Unlike previous frameworks of anthropology, Kohn focuses not only on “the human” and their interpretation of their culture, but Kohn studies the interactions between humans and the nonhuman selves of the Amazon. The core mission of anthropology seeks to understand the differences of language, culture,…

What constitutes effective practice in Secondary (KS3/KS4) Mathematics teaching? “It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others.” -- Mark Twain “Mathematics is a more powerful instrument of knowledge than any other that has been bequeathed to us by human agency.” -- René Descartes Introduction In the ‘good old days’ the emphasis was on “the three Rs: reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic”.x More recent developments have emphasized the core of literacy (“the ability to read,…

After receiving this assignment, the behavior that I knew I needed to change was my sleeping habits. Usually at night, I will stay up until 4 in the morning because I am either doing homework or messing around with my friends. Since I have to wake up at 8 in the morning for my classes, I only receive about 4 hours of sleep a night. This causes me to take a lot of naps during the day to make up for the missed hours. My roommate always complains that I need to stop sleeping during the day because…

Every movie has multiple techniques that coordinate with each other in order to bring the meaning of it all together. The movie Creed, directed by Ryan Coogler, is one that uses these techniques quite nicely in order to show the determination of the main character, Adonis Johnson. From the very beginning of the film a big technique that stands out is narrative, which provides the structure of the movie. It begins with an extremely noticeable motif of Adonis Johnson at a juvenile detention,…

Classical conditioning is defined as a neutral stimulus that comes to bring about a response after it is paired with a stimulus that naturally brings about a response. Classical conditioning is demonstrated in the clip from the show “The Office”. Classical conditioning involves the following five factors - an unconditional response, an unconditional stimulus, a neutral stimulus, a conditional stimulus and a conditional response. An unconditional stimulus is a stimulus that brings about a…

Outline and evaluate one learning approach One learning approach in psychology is the behaviourist approach. The main assumptions of behaviourism are that behaviour is a response to a stimulus and that what we do is determined by environment. Behaviourists also assume that learning processes are common to all species – meaning that there is little difference between humans and animals as well as believing that all complex behaviour is the result of learning through interaction and that people…