CHAPTER 1 – THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY YOU KNOW YOU ARE READY FOR THE TEST IF YOU ARE ABLE TO… • Define psychology and describe the goals that psychologists hope to achieve. • Describe the history of psychology. • Discuss the current state of psychology‚ including the most common perspectives and major professions in the field. • Describe the scientific method and discuss its strengths and weaknesses. • Explain the basic guidelines and ethical concerns of psychological research. • Introduce
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The Biological Mind The biological perspective is one of the main approaches to performing psychological research. It is focused on the idea that behaviors have biological causes and is also known as physiological psychology or biopsychology. It often blends with many different sciences‚ particularly neurology and genetics. Common types of biological studies on behavior include things like the effects of physical child abuse on future adult actions‚ how injuries such as head trauma affect
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To Eat or Not To Eat University of Phoenix PSY 240 November 11‚ 2012 Olivia Fransis Hello‚ my name is Dr. Rachel Green. I am an eating disorder counseling specialist. Today I would like to talk with you about two forms of eating disorders‚ obesity and anorexia nervosa. In our discussion‚ I would like to be able to give you a new perspective on food‚ hunger and satiety hoping that it may benefit those who live with these disorders. Obesity is defined as when
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Reading Report in Psychology Questions: 1. What are the different schools of thought in Psychology? 2. What are the contemporary approaches to Psychology? 3. What are the different subfields in Psychology? Answers: 1. Different Schools of Thought in Psychology a) Structuralism - Structuralism was the first school of psychology‚ and focused on breaking down mental processes into the most basic components. Major structuralist thinkers include Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener
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References: Pinel‚ J.P. (2007). Basics of biopsychology. Boston: Pearson Education.
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There are four stages of sleep: Stage one shows low-voltage‚ high-frequency signals on an EEG similar to those produced while awake‚ though slightly relaxed. There is slow voltage increase with an immediate drop in frequency through development in stages. Stage two is marked by two diverse wave formations called a K complex and a sleep spindle. Stage three is interrupted by an intermittence of delta waves which are great and measured‚ while stage four is predominantly delta waves. (Pinel‚ 2007) After
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References: Pinel‚ J.P. (2007). Basics of Biopsychology. Boston: Pearson Education.
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assessment. Retrieved from: https://content.ashford.edu/AUPSY202.10.1 Feldman‚ R. (2009). Understanding psychology‚ Ninth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. Cherry‚ K (2011). What is a Neuron Retrieved 01/08/2011 from http://psychology.about.com/od/biopsychology/f/neuron01.htm
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The major schools of thought are very vivid and there are many different meanings of each school there are 10 different schools of thought in psychology‚ however there are only 7 basic schools. The basic schools of thought in psychology are Structuralism‚ Functionalism‚ Behaviorism‚ Psychoanalysis‚ Humanistic Psychology‚ Gestalt Psychology‚ and Cognitive Psychology. The 7 basics are each different in theory. Structuralism was the first school of psychology and focused on breaking down mental
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The Brain’s Rewarding System & Addiction Biopsychology Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the article‚ “The Brain’s Rewarding System & Addiction” (2004) by Katharine P. Bailey‚ MSN. In this article‚ I did not find a general hypothesis. Studies in this article show that most drugs directly or indirectly cause selective elevation of dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens (NA)‚ the ventral tegmental area (VTA)‚ and the limbic system‚ consequently called the
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