2011 Course code: ABPG1103 Course: Introduction to Psychology Matriculation No: 800918135538001 Identity Card No: 800918-13-5538 Telephone No: 0128083693 (Malaysia) +66896759616 (Thailand) Email:syhu@oum.edu.my Learning Centre: Pulau Pinang Learning Centre 1 ABPG 1103 Table of Contents Course Guide Title: Four subfields of psychology in their different areas of research and specialization. 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Clinical Psychology 2.1 Research area 2.1.1 Intelligence test 2.1.2
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Coherent Psychology: the scientific study of the human mind and its functions‚ especially those affecting behavior in a given context. How is psychology a science? It is based on the scientific method. In other words we use research and empirical data to answer theories‚ make predictions and try to explain a phenomena. In Psychology‚ you observe human behavior. The availability heuristic is a mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to mind. The availability heuristic operates
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mindfulness can empower the practitioners to control their pain perception. It was conducted in 2011 by the neuroscientist Fadel Zeidan who followed the already established by Wilder Penfield fact - that sensation of pain is perceived by the brain at the same place where the feeling of touch is - that is‚ the somatosensory cortex. The experiment hypothesised that there will be a noticeable difference in the process of pain perception and reaction in people with chronic pain that had undergone MBSR
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Biological Psychology Kirstyn Mixa PSY/340 November 19‚ 2010 Brigitte Crowell Biological Psychology As a study‚ psychology has many branches within itself. Each thought of psychology throughout history has brought about another school of psychology. Psychology or philosophy enthusiasts and scholars alike have taken interests in not only understanding the themes of psychology but have contributed to the creation of another branch. So‚ of course‚ somewhere along the line was the dawning of
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Individual Assignment: Biological Psychology Paper • Resources: Assigned readings‚ Electronic Reserve Readings‚ the Internet‚ and/or other sources • Prepare a 700- to 1‚050-word paper in which you analyze biological psychology. Be sure to address the following items in your analysis: o Define biological psychology and examine its historical development. o Identify three influential theorists associated with biological psychology. o Describe the relationship
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PERCEPTION CASE STUDY Mr. K.P Bakophaid‚ 69‚ a high profile investor who during his lifetime had accumulated millions in investments‚ particularly in the Microsoft shares in the 80’s and then in a repeat of his talent to spot the gold brought Google shares cheap at $1 a share with now the shares quoting $563/ share and his long time friend Mr. J. K. Sinha‚ 65 just retired CEO of the famed PELIANCE group had been for a while contemplating for a move to establish a start up in IT sector as both
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History of Psychology 1 History of Psychology Paper University of Phoenix History of Psychology 2 The Development of Psychology The foundations of psychology go back in history to ancient philosophers. These philosophers had a combination of interests with the human mind‚ body‚ and knowledge. Each philosopher had different interests‚ studies‚ and experiments. Some of them agreed with the theory ’s of other philosophers whereas others had
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the science of psychology to a simple word used to sell an item or idea‚ the media also exaggerates the use of psychology to do so. I searched the internet for news on psychology‚ I chose the internet because it is the easiest news source to access and probably the most popular. What I found was a few scholarly sources‚ but mostly articles on sex and how to get rich/skinny/beautiful quick‚ with of course the use of psychology. The internet not only distorts the image of psychology but provides a
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Chapter Outline SUMMARY OUTLINE I. Overview of Adler’s Individual Psychology An original member of Freud’s psychoanalytic group‚ Alfred Adler broke from that group and advocated a theory of personality that was nearly diametrically opposed to that of Freud. Whereas Freud’s view of humanity was pessimistic and rooted in biology‚ Adler’s view was optimistic‚ idealistic‚ and rooted in family experiences. II. Biography of Alfred Adler Alfred Adler was born in 1870 in a town near Vienna‚ a
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Perception and thought are not independent of the cultural environment; therefore‚ our brains are both shaped by the external world and shape our perception of the external world. Sensation is the neurological process of becoming aware of our environment and is affected by our cultures. The Greek idea of a strong individual identity and the Chinese idea of harmony affected both the sensation and perception process in each culture. Perception is usually thought of as having three steps—selection
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