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    University of Phoenix Material Biological Psychology Worksheet Answer the following questions in short-essay format. Be prepared to discuss your answers. 1. What is biological psychology? Biological psychology refers to the field of psychology in which the study of organism’s actions or behaviors along with inner processes such as; emotions‚ learning‚ perceptions‚ memory‚ and motivation is geared towards a biological standpoint. Biological psychology or biopsychology focuses on

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    The Biological Approach to psychology focuses on the body‚ with emphasis on the brain and nervous system. Psychologists attempt to examine our behavior and our mental processes through our physiological reactions to situations in the world around us. One such example is the way your heartbeat increases when you’re scared‚ our how your palms perspire when you lie. There’s no true way to tell exactly how many biological systems are influenced by our thoughts and feelings‚ but thanks to advances in

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    The Milestones of Cognitive Psychology Dahlia Hill PSY 360 Donna Glover University of Phoenix April 16‚ 2012 The cognitive approach to human and comparative psychology rests on two main assumptions‚ the first one is cognitive representations and processes that act on those representations and secondly humans can discover these representations and processes‚ albeit indirectly (Willingham‚ 2007). This approach offers a middle ground between

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    artificial intelligence have contributed to the development of cognitive psychology. Cognitive psychology is the segment of psychology that explores internal mental processes such as visual processing‚ memory‚ problem solving‚ and language. Cognitive psychology also focuses on information processing and the method of how people store‚ manipulate and use information (Barsalou‚ 2005). With an emphasis on thought processes‚ cognitive psychology also explores and discusses thinking and knowledge acquisition

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    A-C Study Notes Wk 7: Heterographs- Dear‚ deer—spell differently with different meanings but have the same pronounations Homographs-The Dove dove—spelled the same with different meanings some have same pronouncation and some have different pronoucation. Research Methods for study of reading: (reaction time) Lexical decision task—see if group of letters create a word (reaction time) Naming Task--saying the word out loud (for speed) Semantic priming effect (Meyer and Schvaneld

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    perceive and comprehend language ‚ as well as to produce and use words and sentences to communicate. It involves the different ways in which infants and children are able to acquire their native language within a given time frame and setting. In cognitive psychology language is important because of its functions of communication and according to Santrock (2004); there are mainly two main views on the origins and development of language. These two perspectives emanate from the

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    Shane Galvin-061 AT-Applied Psychology Shane Galvin Class: 061/AT Applied Psychology Teacher: Carol Neenan Title: Psychological Perspective Word count: 3121 The Cognitive Approach to Psychology Contents Page 1 - Contents Page 2 – Introduction Page 3 – History Page 4 – Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Science Page 6- Research methods i) iii) v) Reaction time Studies Eye Tracking Studies Psychophysics ii) iv) vi) Priming Studies Lateralisation Studies Single-Cell Studies Page 8 – Memory

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    Examination of Cognitive Psychology Kristin Parramore-Eaker PSY/480 October 13‚ 2013 Dr. C. Schultz Clinical Psychology Foundations Clinical Psychology History Clinical psychology includes both psychological assessment and psychotherapy. The role of a clinical psychologist carries many facets. Some of these include psychological research‚ teaching‚ counseling‚ and assessment of individuals (Plante‚ 2011). The practice of clinical psychology has several sub-divisions of specialty in practice

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    Brain cells‚ hormones‚ and genes (etc) relate to everything one thinks‚ feels‚ does. Biological Psychology: The study of the cells and organs of the body + the phys/chem changes in behavior + mental processes. • Behaviours and mental processes influenced by biology‚ biological processes by environment as well Nervous system : Complex combination of cells that mainly function to let an organism gain information about what is going on inside/outside body and how to respond to it. Three functions

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    What is Motivation? What is Motivation? According to the text‚ motivation is defined in three components; Biological‚ Learned‚ and Cognitive. Also‚ motivation is a set of influences that activate‚ direct and maintain behavior‚ commonly toward a certain goal. Motivation is the drive that makes us do things: this is a result of our individual needs being satisfied so that we have the inspiration to complete the mission. These desires vary from person to person as everybody has their needs to motivate

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