learning Learning takes place every day in one’s life; whether by what is seen or said. However, how one retains what is learned can be quite different. It is either by learning large quantities of information in a short period of time or by spacing information into number of sessions. “A typical definition of the two types of practice is provided in DeCecco and Crawford 's (1974) classic educational psychology textbook. Massed practice is defined as the learning of tasks concentrated into
Avalon Arnoldi Abnormal Psychology Reflective Essay There are many anxiety disorders. One that really stood out to me was the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I have heard about this disorder a lot, but I never really looked into it. I am glad that I did. PTSD occurs when someone has experienced or witnessed a traumatizing event. I thought this only occurred in people that were in the war, but it goes way beyond that. PTSD was once called shell shock or battle fatigue syndrome. A lot of these
Professor Name: Course Title: Introduction to Psychology 105 Date: Briefly describe your like or dislike (one to two (1-2) sentences). My dislike is pubic speaking; it has been a very difficult thing to do throughout my entre life. Public speaking is some what terrifying to me and I would try to run the other way every time. Describe the subfield (e.g., cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, psychoanalytic psychology, etc.) you believe is best suited for providing psychological
Intro of Psychology course, I learned many concepts that relate to the real world and what we do in our everyday life. The psychology concept that I learned was social psychology. Social psychology is the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate it to one another. We can relate to social psychology because we interact with others daily. We understand the behavior of our friends and families individually when in a social concept. The prime examples of social psychology are in-group
Many of the principles that I have learned can be applied to a future internship. Specifically, psychology principles can be used to help advance my role with Casa de Esperanza in the Hands of Hope Internship. Many principles could be applied to obtaining an internship, interacting with coworkers at an internship, or even just general knowledge to complete
skills in my chosen field. There have been opportunities for me to learn and improve my skills through my time in college, which I am very thankful and happy about. For example, at my school, in the Writing Center, I have learned some writing tips that I didn't even know existed, and had this not been a part of my experience I would still be unaware. Because of this, despite what I was thinking, I still had quite a bit to learn; but this has given me the chance to improve my craft more through attending
one class as I did in that one, we worked from bell to bell, it took some serious adjusting. The course was quite intimidating at first, but after a month or so, I grew accustomed to the number of notes we took, and the material we had to study. Next was Psychology. Psychology was by far, without a doubt, the most difficult class I had ever experienced. There was so much to remember, to read, to learn. If you did not study, there was no winging it; it would show in your work. This class truly
into their field and get real life experience before entering the real world. This semester, I had the opportunity of working at Oasis Tutoring Center. While tutoring at this center, I was not only able to learn more about my ability to teach, but also connect these experiences to the psychology of education. Oasis Católico Santa Rafaela The Oasis tutoring experience is much different than doing
by much of what I read. Despite the fact that I don’t have many questions regarding this reading I recognize the importance of asking questions. In class you instructed us to “ Ask questions and begin to find different answers in order to improve our learning experience.” The only thing that truly shocked me was in Something Torn and New and the author stated that lynched men were often castrated. My question to that would be why is something like that not a well known fact? Also, what was the purpose
What did you learn from the course content? I think one of the most important things I learned from the course content was how to look at different situations to explain certain behaviors or norms. This is the first sociology course I have ever taken, but I have taken a few psychology courses, and have found that while in this class my mind automatically jumped to personal explanations instead of societal ones. For example, when discussing deviance and the question of why someone would be deviant