3/1/2013 LEARNING ABOUT STIMULI LEARNING • Habituation is a form of adaptive learning; organisms stop paying attention to stimuli that are often repeated and that don’t signal any important environmental events. • According to the opponent-process theory‚ habituation to repeated stimuli causes two processes. MEMBERS: ARJINDER SINGH ROAR (SC-KL-00037774) LEY SHAHRWIND A/L AGILAN (SC-KL-00040703) LORETTA AMELIA BARERO PADUA (SC-KL-00040935) SANJIV A/L M.RAJESWARAN (SC-KL-00040927) THE 2 PROCESSES
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Reaction Paper 1 Reaction Paper 1 The movie is about the responsive brain and the behaving brain. The brain is one of the most dynamic systems on the planet‚ for as much work the brain does and its complexity. It’s amazing how a simple thing like touch can be communicated through emotions. The movie talks about how the touch of a mother affects how a both a healthy baby develops and premature babies. The touch of the mother helps the baby develop with regards to their weight‚ how active they
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PSYCHOLOGY • Comes from the root words : “psyche”‚ or mind‚ and “logos”‚ or study (Boring‚ 1950) • The scientific study of behavior and mental processes (Atkinson‚ 2000) • Is an objective and systematic study of how people behave and think • Its’ goals are to describe‚ explain‚ predict‚ and control behavior and mental processes. Psychologists are interested to find answers to questions like the following: ▪ What part of the brain is responsible for language? ▪ What
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INTRODUCTION: Psychology has the immediate goal of understanding individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases‚ and by many accounts it ultimately aims to benefit society. In this field‚ a professional practitioner or researcher is called a psychologist and can be classified as a social‚ behavioral‚ or cognitive scientist. Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior‚ while also exploring the physiological and neurobiological processes
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Lecture in General Psychology The Science of Psychology Psychology is derived from the Greek words psyche and logos‚ meaning soul and study. To the Greek‚ Psychology is simply a study of the soul. Psychology is defined as the scientific study of the behavior of living organisms‚ with special attention to human behavior. It is chiefly concerned with what makes people behave as they do. Psychologists are interested in topics such as learning‚ emotion‚ intelligence‚ heredity and environment
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Bautista III‚ Romeo J. June 30‚ 2012 BSHRM General Psychology TOPIC: Trauma Trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident‚ rape or natural disaster. Immediately after the event‚ shock and denial are typical. Longer term reactions include unpredictable emotions‚ flashbacks‚ strained relationships and even physical symptoms like headaches or nausea. While these feelings are normal‚ some people have difficulty moving on with their lives. Psychologists can
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EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND CURRICULUM STUDIES EP 605: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY LECTURER: PROF. A.S. MBISE STUDENT’S NAME: SAMSON PENDO REGISTRATION NUMBER: 2012-06-00998 DATE: 6th November‚ 2012 ASSIGNMENT 1 1 (a) with reference to 4 recent psychologists (2006) + years. Write down their versions of definition of psychology. Be sure to
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addictions. However‚ they could also help or make things worse for a person with the phobia or addiction‚ through the process of extinction. Phobias Through Classical Conditioning Classical conditioning‚ a theory developed by Ivan Pavlov‚ is a learning process that occurs through association between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus Kowalski & Westen‚ 2011). Pavlov did an experiment with dogs‚ sound‚ and their salivating reflex in response to food. The dogs began
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10/01/2013 General Psychology Operational definitions - Academic achievement depends on the student. A child could have maladaptive strategies but also exhibit norm breaking behavior. - The ability to match faces with corresponding names is easier done if one is to see the persons face first and then write down the name‚ also one will be able to remember the faces for a longer length of time this way; rather than showing the name and having to give facial characteristics. Neurons - Dendrites
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GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I. OVERVIEW ON PSYCHOLOGY 1. William James (1890) – Published Principles of Psychology 2. Wilhelm Wundt (1879) – Published the first Psychological lab in Leipzig 3. Sigmund Freud (1900) – Published Interpretation of Dreams 4. Alfred Biret & Theodore Simon (1905) – Developed the 1st standardized intelligence 5. Ivan Pavlov(1906) – Published the results of his learning experiments with dog tests 6. John Watson (1973) – Wrote his book on behaviorism‚ promoting the importance of
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