What Is Discovering Psychology?

C. Illusions, are simple perceptions, which although produced by an external stimulus are misinterpreted by the client. The information gathered by the eye is processed in the brain to give a perception that does not tally with the physical measurement of the stimulus source.

Psychology can be applied to everyday life in many ways. The three main ways Psychology applies to my life is through motivation and emotion, Stress and health and Psychological therapies. These topics of psychology are the ones that best describe my life. When most people think of psychology they think of therapists and psychological disorders. Psychology is much more than that and applies to everyone’s life in some form.

The lesson that is perhaps the most important one we learned this week is the scientific method. The scientific method is not only used in particularly every subsection in science, but allows psychologists to test different ideas about behavior. Pastorino and Doyle-Portillo in the General Psychology textbook describes the scientific method as “ a set of rules for gathering and analyzing information that enables you to test an idea or hypothesis”. (8) All scientists adhere to these standard set of rules in order to be able to better analyze the data and share the results throughout the scientific community. The scientific method consists of a few distinct parts: allow for observation, make a prediction, form a hypothesis, choose a research method/ design an

One wonders what an optical illusion is, “an optical illusion is a visually perceived image that differs from reality.” (Eifrig, 2014, n.p.). There are so many different types of optical illusions in which play with the brains of people. Optical illusions are normal because the majority of humans experience them. Humans’ vision tries its best to figure out what is happening to the picture, which then creates an image contradicting reality. Sometimes illusions can be entertaining because it fools the brain and one tries to figure out the image shown. Illusions cannot only be in a form of art but sometimes it happens whenever reading something without putting much effort.

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.

Some the earliest optical illusions date back all the way to 450 B.C. and were made by Epicharmus and Protagoras. From tricking us that a duck is actually a rabbit to making us believe that a still image is moving, optical illusions give us the sense that we are seeing something that is actually not happening. In reality, an image might be some black and white circles but, to our eyes the might look like it's moving. I believe that you can’t trust your eyes in these situations because your eyes are sending the wrong information to your brain. Optical Illusions are an interesting way in how our eyes are tricked into seeing and believing the wrong

In his paper “The Grand Grand Illusion Illusion,” Jonathan Cohen argues against research in favor of a grand illusion of visual perception. Cohen identifies several interpretations of the grand illusion hypothesis and notes the requirements that must be met in order for any of the proposed interpretations to be a valid explanation of the grand illusion. This paper will focus on Cohen’s argument against the grand illusion as an illusion of representational richness, and specifically on his argument for the condition of disconfirmation.

Optical illusions are pictures or actions that deceive our eyes and trick us into seeing something that may not exist. One such example of an optical illusion is known as the Blivet or Devil's Tuning Fork. Made by well known visual artist M.C. Escher who is most known for his work Relativity the Devil's Tuning Fork (pictured to the right) appears to have three prongs at one end but when you look at the other side it appears to only have two ends. This illusion is effect because the longer one looks at it the less it appears to make sense to our mind. It was with illusions such as this that a lot of scientists were able to learn the processes of the human mind or at the very least get a basic understanding for how it works. But another factor to contribute to optical illusions is not only how they are drawn as you can see with the Devil's Tuning Fork but how they are colored.

I believe reexperiencing is the most difficult of the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms because of the danger the client may place himself or herself in. PTSD is a reaction to the recounting of a past negative event (Weiner & Cash, 2006). Often the client may flashback to a traumatic experience and reacts as though the event is actually happening. “A flashback is an actual memory that comes back into consciousness, as a sight, smell, sound, or a complete seen” (Weiner & Cash, 2006, p. 40). With flashbacks the individual may experience hallucinations, illusions, stress, and feel threatened. The client may also react by becoming aggressive and may assault others. I believe this is dangerous to themselves and others. In my opinion, reexperiencing can be tragic, when someone places themselves and others in danger. According to Weiner & Cash, “they may become aggressive and assaultive in order to protect themselves from the reexperience of threat” (Weiner & Cash, 2006, p. 39).

“We believe we’re seeing the world just fine until it’s called to our attention that we’re not.” (Eagleman, 2011) This caught my attention as I began to wonder what in the visual world my eyes missed. Optical illusions are only possible because of the fact the brain skips over the information not deemed necessary, creating illusions of color, movement, or any other desired affect of the illusion. The data the brain receives through any of the senses has to be processed, a process usually mastered shortly after birth.

For researchers who interested in studying some idea or concept, the demographic characteristic is one of the factors that researchers have to consider carefully. Participants are the main object of every experiment. To make participants feel confident, safe, and agree to do the researchers’ favors, there are certain things that have to be think of, especially the demographic characteristic (example: race, gender, ethnicity, or culture).

Psychology is as ancient as mankind. The concept of psychology has been dated back to 600 B.C. Early Greek philosophers examined, theorized human traits and their actions; their studies are now to be considered and known as psychology. Mankind has molded psychology throughout decades into what it is today - the study of the human mind and the way it affects one's behavior. Psychotherapy and ESP, extrasensory perception, are techniques that are used to improve human health and well-being and their efficacy is widely debated.

Although I struggled on the first optical illusions, not to mention that I have already seen similar ones before, I can see where people are so easily tricked into “believing what

Authored by Keith E. Stanovich, How to Think Straight About Psychology is a known work of the psychology world which was published in 1986. Beginning courses in psychology use his text frequently. Stanovich primary purpose for writing the text is to bring attention to his observation that the public’s understanding of psychology is different from psychology as a modern science. Psychology as a modern science explains the underlying functions that shape human attitudes and behavior. To the people who misunderstand this, the field of psychology is not a real science, but a pseudo-science instead. How to Think Straight About Psychology describes people’s several false impressions of psychology and it gives its readers a factual understanding of the field as a modern and scientific psychology while explaining how this science works.

Illusions are one of those things that will allow the human brain to play tricks on them and giving them the ability to see things that aren’t really there. Illusions can be detriment’s. The reason for this is that you can believe that something is real but little do you know, the whole thing is imaginary or just a simple trick on your mind. For instance, say that you are craving some chocolate chip cookies. You want the cookies so bad to the point that you imagine that the cookies are in front of your face even though they are not really there. Things like that can cause you to crave the cookies more and more as long as you are sitting there and thinking about them. Examples like that show you exactly why illusions are detriment’s instead of being values.