what I Learned in Psychology 200

Lots of research forms an put together biopsychosocial approach which realizes the biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors

Your memory of your first day of high school would be an example of which of the following types of memory?

Senior year was quickly approaching and I still had one more spot left. I was indecisive about what other class I should add into my schedule. I researched a little and decided on AP Psychology. Little did I know how much I would come to enjoy the subject. From the beginning, I was interested in the psychology. Studying the way the brain works and why people behave the way they do have been topics I’ve been curious about before. Psychology is a subject unlike any other that I’ve studied before. Psychology studies the human mind and behaviors. It provides answers or theories of why people behave certain ways. It also includes bits of biology and and statistics, so the knowledge in other subjects help me understand it more. As I learn more about

Steve’s relationships with women are internally motivated, meaning he actively desires to participate in these behaviors. Based on Freud’s Oedipus Complex, Steve wanted to have sexual relations with his mother, and loved her, but as stated in the case study, “[Steve’s mother] did not give Steve the demonstrative affection and loving interaction he craved.” According to this quote, it is evident that Steve desires women’s attention but in his early years was denied by his mother, in other words, he faced rejection at an early age. As the case study later states, Steve has sex with many women and dumps them before things get serious. This is because he believes that women go out with him just for a meal and sex, and would break up with him

Pennington, D., McLoughlin, J. (2003) ' Debates in Psychology’ in (ed) Advanced Psychology. Child Development, Perspectives & Methods. United Kingdom: Hodder Education Group, pp.232.

One recent exam that did not go as well as I planned for was in my Psychology 201 class. One big mistake I made was that I treated it like my high school psychology class and studied the week of the exam. When I finally got to the exam I felt fine throughout the exam feeling as if I aced it. Only to get my scores back and find that I failed it. One strategy I should have used was to regulate regularly. I failed to review the material after every class and waited till the week of them exam to start cramming information in my head. I did not self-test before the exam neither did I review the material after every class. In my mind I was well prepared for the exam but, my score proved otherwise. One thing I start doing now for my Psychology class

Going into Psychology I was not sure what would be involved. I thought that this class would be very hard and that I would not be able to do. Starting on the first day we learned that we would be the teachers, we were involved in teaching the information to our fellow students. We were responsible for learning the material in our chapter, put together a presentation, and cover the entire chapter to the class. This helped me learn the material better than if a teacher was just lecturing the class on it because we, the students, were able to pick what in the chapter we would actually be interested in learning about. Each class we have a presentation where a different group of students presents the chapter. This keeps the class fun and relevant because we are not listening to the same people talk over and over again week after week.

One of beliefs to not have children is the timing of planning to have the child in the first place, as some young adults would state that having the child is one thing, but when I have the child is born matters. Basically what time period is okay to try to have a baby, as for childless people would have multiple reasons to which it’s not good time; for example being too young of age, world doesn’t really seem safe now, not really financially stable at this time, and etc. Bringing up again to me witness this to the time that child comes in place could literally be my first look upon this. My cousin graduated high school, but finish school with a newborn. Now that experience watching my cousin having this child immediately makes life harder for him without even seen the outcome of his circumstance. If one person could have a dream in mind then what use of child is needed in that

Hello, I am Courtney. I am majoring in Business Management and would like to minor in Psychology. Currently I do not have a job, but I am soon to be a part of the AVID tutors at my old high school. I have to volunteer for four months until I actually start making money, though. But it is going to definitely be worth it! I am going to be helping students that are in the same position I used to be in and will be providing them with knowledge about college/what to be prepared for. My career goals are to become a successful business owner and of course to make the big bucks! I decided to take this class because I am extremely interested in how/why humans do what they do and the certain topics that are going to be covered. I am more than thrilled to learn new information that I can eventually share amongst others also.

"Why psychology isn't unified, and probably never will be" written by C.D. Green (2015) examines the history of psychology and opinions on how to reach unification. Overall, his arguments were satisfactory and provided many different opinions. He discussed plenty of different psychologists in history and how their ideas and models were either valid or irrelevant to unifying psychology. This was important in order to see how far this subject has come, and to understand that the problems with unifying this discipline are not new and have been a subject of debate for years. Green (2015) did a good job on describing what "unifying" meant to him and what psychology needed to achieve in order to become unified. He was able to back this up with past

The paper "The Causes and Effects of Waiting to Have Children “discuss two reasons why people are waiting to have children. “Waiting to be financially stable is another reason why individuals wait to have children” (p.102). This quote shows one of the reasons why people postpone to have children. One of the reason is financially stable. Another one is meeting the right partner. In conclusion, the author said that there is no perfect time for the birth of a child,

When I said I will take the psychology class, many of my friends said why I am taking that class. They thought the psychology class is really useless and there’s nothing to learn but the credits. However, I actually learned a lot of stuff throughout the quarter. I chose to take this class because I was interested in how and why people think and behave in such ways. I felt like this class will help me understand other people well. I personally think psychology is important, because it tells us how the brain and our bodies work. There are many different areas in psychology to learn about.

There are multiple techniques that exit to study the human brain without it being invasive to the human subject. A few of these techniques include transcranial magnetic or electrical stimulation (TES.TMS), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetoencephalography (MEG) and scalp electroencephalography (EEG).

4. You have to learn to step back and let your child take risks, make choices, solve problems, and stick with what they started.

In regards to cognitive psychology and the ways in which we define ourselves in terms of individuals, is one of the biggest areas of interest. The area defines the process used in order to acquire, receive, retain and store the information in which is received. During childhood our memory grows, and through adulthood throughout until our middle age, where shortly after we begin to decline in productivity. Initially, when a person grows and changes, their brain begins to change and their cognitive functions worsen. One example being the way in which we appropriately word and express things, begins to decline in fluency and accuracy. (American psychological association, 2006). Studies have shown that the semantic and procedural memory declines the least, while that flashbulb memory declines the most. The amount of large declination varies due to middle age sensitivity and the lack of self-efficiency. The memory initially declines based not on the lack of storage, but merely how they retain and store that information which is being received. Naturally, this happens because the cortex shrinks, leaving a serious lack of blood flow to the brain, and triggers that loss, which is naturally all apart of the aging process. Some natural signs of normal age related memory loss can include the occasional forgetfulness of where we placed something