Psychology Reflection In Psychology

Good afternoon classmates have been excellent to share are experience and the insight of our weekly discussions this semester. I've increased my knowledge this semester on the explanatory material of understanding that everyone in the community is affected society and through open communication of understanding our social surroundings. When I first took this class, I didn't know the difference between psychology which is the study of behavior versus sociology which is the study of people. Next, I would say I learned the importance of critical thinking and following the steps to research because if you don't come up with the question first your research is doomed. Chapter 2 the Zimbardo’s Experiment: The Individual and the Social Role has stuck

It's fascinating that humankind has had an easier time entering outer space than trying to develop a complete understanding of the human brain; and this paucity of information is what drove me to pursue the field of psychology, the fact that resting in my head is one of the world's most ironic enigmas. How can we know so little about the thing that makes us who we are? On the first day of my AP psychology course, my teacher informed us that “In this class you may be left with more questions than answers, and if you can't handle that, this may not be the class for you.” And when he said that, it was clear to that I was in the right place. You see, a riddle is no fun if the solution is obvious.

T., & Freberg, L. A. (2013). Discovering Psychology The Science of Mind. Belmont, CA Wadsworth Cengage Learning. Retrieved from www.betheluniversityonline.net

Explanations of narcolepsy are in majority biological. Scientists have discovered that narcoleptics often are lacking in hypocretin which is a chemical in the brain that control sleep and wakefulness. A lack of this chemical may explain the sudden attacks of sleep.

I would go to AP Psychology even if I did not have to because the class itself taught me more than psychology, it taught me more than just psychology. The class helped me understand myself better. At the time, I was recovering from a difficult transition, I had just lost my grandpa and the year before I lost aunt. Psychology helped me understand what my family was going through during the grieving period and allowed me to connect with them better because I did not understand how to react whenever my aunt or grandpa was brought up, instead I would casually shrug off the subject. However after taking the class, it opened my eyes to a whole new perspective. I did not see a grieving cousin, instead I saw a depressed cousin that was in dire need

I understand that you have asked students to help you improve teaching at ECC by sharing with you examples of good learning experiences. I would like to share mine with you.

Bernstein, D.A., Roy, E. J., Skull, T. K. & Wickens, C. D. (1991). Psychology. 2nd Edition. Boston: Houghton Miffin.

Throughout history, many brilliant minds have made impactful contributions in Psychology which have shaped our understandings of the human mind and our behaviors. Jean Piaget was by no means an exception. Piaget was a clinical psychologist known for his pioneering work in child development. He was the first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development. Over the course of his later career in child psychology, he identified four stages of mental development that took into account young people 's development from basic object identification to highly abstract thought. This paper will focus on Piaget’s life history and personality, as well as his theory on the cognitive developmental stages, its purpose, and its applications during his lifetime and now.

The section in this chapter that I found fascinating is when the authors discusses intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Before this section, I only heard of these words in my behavior modification psychology class third semester. In this section however, I especially enjoyed the example about the children playing math games. I was not surprised to see that the children spent more time playing the games when a reward was at stake. I feel, people in this day and age work or participate in activities majorly for the prize at the end (whether that be a paycheck, trophy, recognition, etc.). Of course there are many exceptions to this statement, and many people participate in certain things for the self-validation or pure interest.

In this research task I have selected the introductory paragraph and one of the body paragraphs of my psychology research report, which I wrote last year in the second semester of university. The aim of the report was to test whether the rarity and cue validity of sudden-onsets would capture attention based on previous research by Yantis and Jonides (1990) and Neo and Chua (2006). These two studies were used as an important source in writing up the research report.

Another great quality I found in him was his ability to motivate and support his subordinates. This time I was posted in the ER and encountered a situation where CVC (Central Venous Catheter) had to be performed on a patient. This procedure involves inserting the catheter into the internal jugular vein. I had done this procedure once earlier in my career and had failed miserably, which made me make up my mind not ever to do it again. This time I was hoping that he will be doing the procedure as he was my senior and I might have just to assist him, but to my surprise, he casually asked me to go ahead with it and left the room. I was in a dilemma, what to do at this point. Finally, I gathered my inner strength's and went ahead with it. The first

This semester has been filled with informative information when speaking about our own social skill, but also other people’s social psychology as well, thus is why it will be very useful in future. Throughout the semester we studied everything from the introduction of social psychology, social influences, aggression in psychology, and interpersonal attraction and close relationships. A lot of the knowledge that I gained was not only from the “Social Psychology” textbook, but also in the videos and the reactions that we needed to come up with on a weekly basis. I like the idea of being able to watch the video to see if the experiment was successful or unsuccessful and commenting on it by giving my opinion if I agreed or not. For me,

In this second unit of Psychology, it was fascinating to focus in on how we as humans learn behaviors, and what can cause us to each function differently in similar situations. Many scientists from the early 20th century have contributed to what we know today about the brain and how it responds to sensations, perceptions, hearing, and conditioning. Some concepts that were most applicable to my everyday life and that I enjoyed learning about were the sensory systems, associated learning, and what Pavlov did for the field of Psychology.

Social psychology, the study of how we think about, influence, and relate to another, can be used to explain many situations and phenomena that happen in the world. For instance, it can be used to explain why and how people react the way they do when they perform poorly in an act that they’re usually good at, also known as self-serving bias. It is blaming external factors when bad things happen, but contributing internal factors to the reason why good things happen.

Is how aggressive an individual is determined only by his or her genes? Whether psychological and behavioral traits are purely determined by genetics, solely influenced by socialization, or a combination of both has been a highly debated topic within the field of psychology known as the “nature-nurture issue.” Today, although still disputed, a good number of psychologists and other scientists concur that genetics and the environment mutually influence and intermingle with one another (Myers, 2015). We can partially credit this fizzling-out of the nature-nurture debate to the discoveries made in twin studies. Twin studies are used to help delineate the genetic components of behavior and the socially and culturally influenced components (Myers, 2015). This type of study enables researchers to examine the extent to which genetics and environment have an effect on the development of traits and behavior. For example, in lecture, we learned that a common and natural experiment used in twin studies is to examine a set of twins who grew up in the same household and a set twins who grew up in separate households (K.W. Brown, personal communication, August 29, 2017).