ARELLANO UNIVERSITY Pasig City College of Arts and Science Psychology Department LECTURE NOTES ON GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY (No. 1) AY I. Nature of Psychology A. Psychology - the term psychology derives from the Greek roots psyche‚ meaning “soul” or “mind‚” and logos‚ meaning “word.” Psychology is literally the study of the mind or soul and people defined it that way until the early 1900s. Around 1920‚ psychologists became disenchanted with the idea of studying the mind. First‚ research deals
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Memory Technique Memory Technique Organize the information is the memory process chosen to improve memory. Dividing all the information into categories is a good way to organize all the information in the long term memory. By doing this‚ one can remember whatever they choose to remember. Highlighting chapters‚ taking plenty of notes‚ describing‚ and listing any relevant terms will help anyone with the amount of information they will be able to recall later. There are three stages of memory
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PSYC 1133 Introduction to Psychology – Terms‚ Topics‚ and Persons The following key terms‚ topics‚ and persons will be included in class instruction and on quizzes and exams. It is your responsibility to identify them in your text and be knowledgeable of them in preparation for online quizzes and in-class exams. The more you relate these terms‚ topics‚ and people to your current memory (by association) the better you will understand them and be able to retrieve them for exams. Some quiz items
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Caroline’s approach is an example of A) pseudoscience. B) the scientific method. C) the psychoanalytic model. D) the biopsychological model. 2. The term pseudoscience refers to A) the scientific study of psychology and related phenomena. B) hypotheses that have been rejected through observation and testing. C) ideas that are presented as science but in fact do not use the basic principles of scientific thinking procedure.
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Z3331801 Adaptive Memory The aim of this particular study was to research adaptive memory and attempt how best to explain how this “adaptive memory” works. In this experiment 252 first year students were the participants. According to which tutorial group they were in‚ the participants were given a scenario‚ with the scenarios being: * Ancestral Hunter * Modern Hunter * Future Hunter Both the Ancestral and Future hunter scenarios contained 80 participants while 92 were placed in the
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Retroactive Inhibition in Memory THE EFFECT OF MEMORY IN LEARNING AMONG UPSI STUDENT Member’s Name: Muhammad Aiman Bin Bahnan Siti Nur Aqilla Bt Mohamat Helmee D057683 Afiqatulathirah Normukminah Binti Zun D057630 Alice Goh Yea Mien D061104 Retroactive Inhibition in Memory The hypothesis that can be deduce in the study is when there is interference‚ which is the retroactive inhibition‚ the process of learning or the process of memorizing will be disrupted. A total of 30 students
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Source: http://psychology.about.com Psychology Today‚ psychologists prefer to use more objective scientific methods to understand‚ explain‚ and predict human behavior. Psychological studies are highly structured‚ beginning with a hypothesis that is then empirically tested. The discipline has two major areas of focus: academic psychology and applied psychology. Academic psychology focuses on the study of different sub-topics within psychology including personality‚ social behavior and human
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Porumbeanu Andra-Irina Aspects of memory The way in which the human mind functions has always held a place among the most controversial issues‚ highly debated across the world. Mainly due to their very complex nature‚ some of the brain’s processes have not yet been fully understood and explained. The memory is probably the most fascinating of them all because of the vast number of factors involved in creating a single piece of information which has to be stored for a short or long term. It is
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(Sample Reaction Paper) Ron Gerrard‚ HWS Psychology Department My paper is based on an article from the text ’s web site (chapter 9) entitled "Lack of sleep ages body ’s systems." The basic claim of the article is that sleep deprivation has various harmful effects on the body. The reported effects include decreased ability to metabolize glucose (similar to what occurs in diabetes) and increased levels of cortisol (a stress hormone involved in memory and regulation of blood sugar levels). The
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Memory Worksheet Using the text‚ Cognition The Thinking Animal‚ the University Library‚ the Internet‚ and/or other resources‚ answer the following questions. Your response to each question should be at least 150 words in length. What is primary memory What are the characteristics of primary memory Primary memory is also known as short-term memory‚ or working memory. A persons daily routines or activities that require attention are what involve primary/working memory. Primary memory is considered
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