Psychology

Cognitive psychology is the scientific method of the human mind and the mental functions of the human brain. These cognitive abilities consist of learning, memory, attention. Perception, learning, reasoning abilities, decision making, and language. The basis of cognitive psychology rests around the belief that the brain can be understood simply as a complex computing system. Cognitive psychology has evolved over the ages, and with each new age something new was discovered, and more people added…

this article because it involves how cognitive psychology takes place in order to better our students learning. I have always had an interest with how hard it must be for instructors to try and get their students to memorize information and actually enjoy it along the way. How can they gain the most information through the series of ideas and steps?…

an introduction to psychology class. Throughout the semester, I became captivated by the subject. I liked how relevant the information was in my own life. I loved that I could begin to understand the behaviors of the people around me. After my first semester of school, I found that I had a passion for psychology, and I felt very motivated and excited to continue studying this field. My love for psychology deepened during my second semester when I took classes in social psychology, and…

Chapter 15 Abnormal Psychology: Disorders and Treatments genuinely interest me. I have previous experience working with people that fall into the subject of abnormal psychology. So, I knew from first-hand experience and prior research about abnormal psychology but wish to explore much more depth. Before coming to college, I wanted to pursue a career as a psychologist focusing on holistic psychotherapy with clients that have the common mental disorders. Abnormal psychology is closely linked to…

Psychology has a plethora of varying approaches to explain a person’s condition. A biological perspective applies the principles of biology, using scientific research in order to explain the connection between the mind and body, to explain thoughts, emotions, and behavior since behavior can be explained by the genetics and physiology of a person. Socio-cultural psychology studies the rules of the social groups an individual is apart of and the culture surrounding the individual in order to…

Psychology has many fields and careers in which you could be able to choose from. However, when most people think of psychology the first career to come to mind is therapy. Even in that field, there are more sub-careers in which people divulge in. The most common of them being counseling, where relatively healthy people go and need help coping with a crisis they are currently going through. The career that this paper will focus on is psychotherapy. In order to become a licensed therapist, you…

What is Abnormal Psychology? For the first subject of this assignment I interviewed Mr. Ray, our handy-man. Mr. Ray is approximately forty-five years old and has never been to college. He recently visited my home to fix a kitchen leak. I took this opportunity to ask him a few questions. I asked, “What do you initially think of when you hear someone is abnormal psychologically?” He looked surprised. “Well, I don’t think I have ever answered such a question before,” he chuckled. “When I hear…

Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity: An Introduction to Worldview Issues, Philosophical Foundations, and Models of Integration is a book by David Entwistle who analyzes in four sections the integration of Christianity and psychology. In this book, I have been challenged by the idea that Christianity and psychology are at odds and cannot exist being integrated with each other. This rather a controversial point that it can be really impossible for psychology and theology to…

Quantitative methods used in the field of educational psychology as a design in analyzing data collections in a systematic process to describe and test relationships, as well as, examine the cause and effect of the relationship. Throughout the literature review process, most articles using quantitative research study conducted quasi-experimental research, correlational research, survey research, and evaluation research. Researchers conducting correlational designs in educational research used…

advanced placement psychology class. That whim triggered something inside me. A passion, a need, a drive to want to help people with crippling mental illnesses, and this feeling hasn’t slowed down even after the class concluded. The psychology class in it’s entirety gave me the extra push I needed to ask myself if I wanted to pursue the fascinating world of psychology, but what really pushed me over the edge was the, almost too short, few weeks where we discussed abnormal psychology and the…