HOW HUMAN BRAIN WORKS IN SAVING NEW WORDS By: Mitsalina Ardini 1. Introduction We are learning about the brain at an unprecedented rate. Jeri Janowsky‚ a top learning and memory neuroscientist at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland‚ says‚ “Anything you learned two years ago is already old information. . . . . Neuroscience is exploding”. In the coming years‚ we can expect new and more accurate technologies to further illuminate the brain’s mysteries. For now‚ the following are the
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The Cognitive Theory The Cognitive Theory The Cognitive theory is focused on the individual’s thoughts. It is believed that these thoughts determine an individual’s emotions and behaviors and therefore personality. The cognitive theorists believe that we could have no emotions‚ no behavior and would not function without our thoughts. The thoughts always come before any feeling and any action. The cognitive theorists believed that we can change our mood‚ decrease our anxiety and improve our
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Intro String theory is the first theory of physics that tries to explain everything. What does it mean to explain everything? We would know how the universe began and where it is going. Quantum gravity Modern physics has two basic scientific laws: quantum physics and general relativity. These two scientific laws represent radically different fields of study. " Quantum physics studies the very smallest objects in nature‚ while relativity tends to study nature on the scale of planets‚ galaxies‚
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learning theory‚ cognitive development theory‚ and‚ feminist approaches to gender-role learning. The social learning theory approaches gender-role learning as a mirrored image.The Social learning theory emphasizes the importance of observing and modeling the behaviors‚ attitudes‚ and emotional reactions of others. Cognitive development theory proposes that individuals learn gender by interacting with others and interpreting the behavior of others. Feminists disagree with both of these theories and
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Drugs have a major impact on all of the organs in the body‚ but the brain is affected most by drug use. The brain is complex and communicates via nuerons and nerve cells to command the body. The brain ensures the body performs the necessary functions for survial. Drugs can compromise the brain’s ability to properly communicate to the organs in the body. Drugs affect communication and a person’s behavior. The following presentation will provide an explanation as to how drugs affect the brain
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Charles Darwin’s Work and discoveries‚ a Turning Point in History “In the long history of man kind (animal kind too)‚ those who learn to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed” (Darwin). This is a quote from Charles Darwin that refers to many things; science‚ social darwinism‚ and imperialism. Charles Darwin was an important scientist and naturalist that lived in the 19th century in England. Charles Darwin’s books‚ primarily “The Origin of the Species”‚ and his discoveries created
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reflective essay speaks about Educational Psychology‚ a good teacher‚ general principles of development‚ the brain and cognitive development‚ Piaget’s theory of cognitive development and Lev Vygotsky’s sociocultural perspective. Educational Psychology plays a very important role in our daily lives as it helps us to understand and develop strategies to improve the learning process. An effective teacher is one who is organized‚ not biased‚ patient‚ and flexible and knows how to teach medium and slow
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Introduction Piagets Theory of Cognitive Development Piaget was an individual who influenced research in childhood development in various ways. Most investigators were aware of Piagets work in the 1930s‚ however they did not grant much attention to it because his ideas were odd when it dealt with behaviorism. Up until the 1960s then Psychologist began to investigate his theories. Piaget is known for developing the Cognitive-Developmental Theory‚ which consists of four different stages. His view of development
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Colleen Rinaldi Theories of Learning: Cognitive PSY331: Psychology of Learning Cоgnitivе dеvеlоpmеnt rеfеrѕ tо thе wаy аn infаnt pеrcеivеѕ‚ thinkѕ‚ аnd gаinѕ аn undеrѕtаnding оf hiѕ/hеr wоrld thrоugh thе intеrаctiоn оf gеnеtic аnd lеаrnеd fаctоrѕ likе prоcеѕѕing‚ rеаѕоning‚ lаnguаgе dеvеlоpmеnt‚ аnd mеmоry (Wagner‚ 2009). Thiѕ theory hаѕ bееn ѕtudiеd by mаny thеоriѕtѕ such as Еrickѕоn‚ Piаgеt and Vygоtѕky in vаriоuѕ wаyѕ thаt аll cоntributе tо оur undеrѕtаnding оf
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Jean Piaget was a cognitive scientist who was academically trained in biology. He was hired to validate a standardised test of intelligence and from this became very interested in human thought. He was employed to take the age of which children answered each question correctly perfecting the norms for the IQ test. Although the wrong answers took Piagets attention and came to a conclusion that the way children think is a lot more revealing than what they know. Piaget used the methods of scientific
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