...Kristen Axon PSY 170 Hernandez September 11, 2014 An Important Part of the Brain All in all, the brain is one of the most important and vital organs in the body. Without it humans (and other living things) would be unable to function or live. And with the brain comes the various areas that control functions within it, including the medulla oblongata. In basic terms it works the “automatic processes” such as “breathing, blood circulation, swallowing, blinking, etc.” (notes). If the medulla did not exist, neither would we because it controls main methods of surviving. I feel the medulla is part of the most essential pieces in the brain and support this by identifying its role in more depth, explaining where it is located and its general shape, and also clarifying the functions and malfunctions that can occur with it. As explained, I feel the medulla is highly important. It allows living things (that have a developed brain) to survive. In a Wikipedia excerpt on the medulla oblongata it describes how the medulla itself is connected to the “lower half of the brain stem which is continuous with the spinal cord” and it runs from the spinal cord to the pons (Wikipedia). The pons “include sensory roles in hearing, equilibrium, and taste, and in facial sensations, as well as motor roles in eye movement, facial expressions, chewing, swallowing, and the secretion of saliva and tears” (Wikipedia). These are other important survival needs for living creates, such as humans. And the...
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...Human Services, Psychology, and Criminal Justice. When I started attending school, I hadn’t narrowed down what field I really wanted to focus on. The following two tables will show what classes I have taken as required for core classes as well as major specific classes. I have highlighted, in yellow, the top five most influential classes that have inspired me in one way or another. CORE CLASSES Lecture Project Discussion Field Work Experimentation Research Senior Seminar x The Ancient World x Intro to Literature of the New Testament x Spanish I x Statistics for Social Sciences x Lifetime Fitness and Wellness x Music Appreciation x National Government x Survey of Math w/ Applications x Analysis of Text x New Student Seminar x Environmental Science x Development of Civilization x Intro to Speech Communication x Business Math x Composition I x MAJOR Lecture Project Discussion Field Work Experimentation Research Personality Theory and Assessment x Women and Crime x Intro to Philosophy x Techniques of Individual and Group Counseling x Psychology and Religion x Human Sexuality x Internship x Counseling Theories x Human Development x Addictive Behaviors x Abnormal Psychology x Intro to Human Services x Psychology Intro to Sociology x Gangs of America x Ancient Arts x Intro to Sociology...
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...Address: 660 Chlorite Street, Elardus Park, 0181, Pretoria Student number: 55128920 Paper code: PYC4811 Unique Assignment no: 536709 Assignment: 01 Contents Page * Introduction pg.3 * Historical Background & Development pg.3 * Similarities between Community Psychology and Public Health pg.4 * Limitations and Differences between Community Psychology and Public Health pg.6 * Conclusion pg.7 * Reference List pg.8 Introduction According to Perkins (https://my.vanderbilt.edu/perkins/2011/09/intro-to-community-psychology/) community psychology (CP) can be defined as the relationship between social systems and individual well-being in the community context. Thus, community psychologists grapple with an array of social and mental health problems and they do so through research and interventions in both public and private community settings. PH on the other hand according to Last (cited in Gilbert, 1995) can be defined as one of the efforts organised by society to protect...
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...Critical Thinking : Intro to Forensic Psychology False confessions are often believed to be the result of the use of torture or other extreme coercive tactics. The bottom line is that there will always be innocent people who confess to crimes that they did not commit. The purpose of this assignment is to determine both why this occurs and what can be done to reduce false confessions. Please write a 2- to 3-page analysis that addresses the three questions below. Each question will form a section of the paper and should be labeled as such, e.g. “Section One: Three Types of False Confessions,” and so forth. 1. Name and describe three types of false confessions. 2. What is legal to ask during interrogations? 3. How can false confessions be minimized? Your paper must include at least three different sources (use credible sources such as peer-reviewed articles, expert blogs, and the textbook, for example). The databases in the CSU Global library are the best place to find these sources! Your paper must be formatted according to CSU Global APA and writing requirements. 1. Mod 7 Critical Thinking 2. Instructions Convergence Theory (50pts) Address the following three questions in a well-written a 1-2 page paper: 1. What is convergence theory? 2. Do you think convergence theory describes the society in which you live? 3. From an explicit analytical perspective that you can identify and apply, what are the major social benefits and drawbacks associated...
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...You still have a chance to pass this class, but you have to turn in all your homework from now on. Turn Essay # 3 Version 2 today, your instructor is going to provide feedback on it, and give you some points for that paper. This is your instructor’s report for these weeks: Essay 2 Reflection: 0/5 Assigned Reading Worksheet: 0/10 Summary of 2nd Article of Choice: 5/5 Summary of 3rd Article of Choice: 5/5 Completed Cheat-sheet on Article for Essay 3: 5/5 Analysis Discussion Activity: 5/5 Essay 3 Version 1 Peer Review: 0/10 Comment Analysis: 0/5 Essay 3 Version 2: 0/50 Essay 3 Reflection: 0/5 Comments: Joe hasn't turned in the most recent major essay. When I asked him to do so, he expressed that he had a lot going on in his life outside of class and refused to let me help him.. HIST 101A – History of the Word Civ I: Your overall grade for this class is 170/210 80.9%. You have 200 points available in this class. Start preparing your coming paper which is due on Tuesday, December...
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...Learning Experience Paper Learning Experience Paper Introduction Psychology has become interesting to me due to my current class of Intro to Psychology. In this paper, I will be discussing my learning experiences with the perspective of using classical and operant conditioning. I will also discussing how using cognitive-social learning theory could have occurred. Learning a fear We all learn to be afraid of something or things in our lives. These fears can be learned at a young age and throughout our lives. However, these fears can also be unlearned over time. I learned at a young age to fear or dislike eating any kind of fish or food that was able to “swim”, sea foods. At the age of seven, my sister and I were placed in a foster home. This foster home had specific rules that I did not understand back then but now as an adult with children I do, to an extent. According to (Carpenter, 2013), Classical conditioning is learning through involuntarily paired associations. This occurs when a neutral stimulus becomes paired with an unconditioned stimulus to elicit a conditioned response. In regards to classical conditioning, my fear of eating fish or sea foods can be traced back to when I was in a foster home at age seven. One night for dinner, my foster mom made a fish dinner. Growing up I was always taught to eat all of my food on my plate that was just what we did. However, this particular night I could not do this. I was always one to try new things...
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...Concept of Adaptation Concept of Adaptation Kimberly Johnson Intro to Psychology When we are given the word adaptation we look at the root word which is adapt. It means to make suitable to or to fit. So the word adaptation means the act or process of adapting. I will be conducting 3 experiments in which I will test weather my response is me adapting to the change or if I will not. The three experiments that I will be conducting are first I will test the temperatures of water and see how my sense of touch adapts to the change in temperature. Next I will test my since of taste. I will be tasting sugar water and I will see how my tongue adapts to it verses plain water. Last but not least I will again test my sense of touch with sand paper. After doing each of these three experiments I will be able to clearly define weather or not my senses adapt to change or not. The first experiment is as I stated before me testing my sense of touch. I have the three bowls in front of me the left one with the hot water and the right one with the cold water. The middle bowl has the Luke warm water in it. As I submerged my hands in the right and left bowl, my mind already knows what to expect and even thought my mind knows what is coming, when my hands hit the water it still is a shock with both the hot and cold water. Chills run up both arms and I even shiver a little bit. My hands have to stay here for at least 3 minutes. During this time my left hand is adapting to the hot water but my...
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...Significant Event Final Paper Intro to Psychology Strayer University Professor Donna Joy A childhood event I went through that I vividly remember happened during the year between the age of 15 and 16. During this event, I went through what I call a self-implosion. (Luce, 2013) My cognitive perspective was being challenged, and I lost the ability to cope with events I was going thru. (Lopez, 2010) Communication these events sometimes became very difficult. How I handled most of the events during this time frame was mostly shaped by how I was brought and the beliefs that were instilled in me as a very young child. I was raised in a family six, three older sisters and two younger brothers. My parents nurtured us in loving Christian manner, always teaching us to turn the other cheek. Abide by the rules set before us not to make too many waves, and trust that things will work out eventually. If you work hard enough, you can rise above whatever obstacles are before you. Many of my mannerism was influenced by my parents as I observed them in their daily activity and interaction with others and also how they treated my siblings and me. As an adolescent I was short, larger in stature, and did not always have the latest to wear in the fashion department. All of these things along with a slightly gifted mind and a thirst for knowledge led me to be ridiculed by peers. There was many time when I was picked on by people who I thought were my friends until I displayed I was slightly...
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...PSY 302 Complete Course PSY302 Complete Course Click Link for the Answer: http://workbank247.com/q/psy-302-complete-course-psy302-complete-course/22110 http://workbank247.com/q/psy-302-complete-course-psy302-complete-course/22110 PSY 302 Module 1 Assignment 1: Autobiography * A brief paragraph introducing yourself to your classmates. Include information such as your name, location, profession, how long you have been at Argosy, and your favorite psychology course so far. * From the list below, select a topic you would like to conduct a study on. If you wish to explore a topic that is not on this list, please check with your instructor for permission. * A short discussion of the topic area, such as the meaningfulness of the topic, how the topic might be embedded within a larger conceptual framework (e.g., a topic such as how the size of the jackpot affects lottery decisions might be under the broader umbrella of risk-taking behavior), where to go to find out more when researching the topic, and how you could elaborate on a topic by looking at moderator variables or exceptions. List of potential topics: * Media's influence on aggression * Media's influence on body image * Effective treatments for chemical dependency * Driving safety and types of distractions * The role of introversion/extraversion on marital bliss or employee performance * Suggestibility: do television ads change behavior? * Factors affecting career choice ...
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...Retrospective Analysis of Personality Intro to Psychology August 31, 2014 I found doing this paper quite exciting to a certain point, until I really took a moment to glance back into my life and see the changes that have taken place. Through the years I have wondered what made me change my personality towards the way I look at things but now I see why. I drastically made those changes due to the different people and environments I have been. My personality started out as helping anyone I could, even if it left me broke. I still had that great feeling of helping someone out. My sense of humor and acting silly is something I can’t change because I myself enjoy it so much and need it; in this day and age. I have change me eagerness to help people if it means coming straight out of my pocket. I have been used, cheated, and lied to for reason I wouldn’t know why. But this is what has become of our world, and cause me to be more protective of my feelings as well as my outlook. It’s quite sad to add that majority of my friends I can’t like I use to but just as the saying goes. Keep your friends close but enemies closer. Fast-growing understanding of the human genome has made it clear that both sides of the debate have merit. Nature endows us with inborn abilities and traits; nurture takes these genetic tendencies and molds them as we learn and mature. That’s it, right? Ha! The "nature vs nurture" debate still rages on, as scientist fight over how much of who we are is shaped by...
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...Psychology is defined as the scientific study of the behavior of individuals and their mental processes (Gerrig & Zimbardo, 2010). When you take psychology in college, it is to teach you how to understand how people are different and allow you to be non-judgmental. Being in the Navy, I feel that I developed the ability to be open-minded very early on in my career. This is because the military recruits people from all over the country, from the ghetto to the country club. I deal with all walks of life (race, religion, gender) on a daily basis. What I do not get to see in the Navy is people with mental disabilities and disorders. This course has taught me that approximately half of the populations of the United States have experienced or are experiencing some type of psychiatric disorder (Gerrig & Zimbardo, 2010). The average person looks down on someone with any type of disability. They usually label them as deviant when their disorder allows them to commit a crime. What people don’t understand is that some of these people cannot control what they are doing. The only way for them to satisfy an urge is to do what they are thinking about. An example of this would be a serial killer. Serial killers usually have an internal motive for killing repeatedly, whereas a murderer usually commits one crime for a very specific reason. Serial killers need to satisfy some urge, and they do that through killing. However, not all people that have unquenchable urges resort...
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...certain rights, opportunities or privileges. A range of international events have recently focused attention on the issue of prejudice; increasing ethno-nationalistic tensions in former Eastern block countries, racial conflict in the Middle East, Africa and intergroup conflict related to “ race debates “ in Europe, The U.S.A and Australia. Psychology is the only discipline, which over the past century has consistently and systematically investigated the issue of prejudice and race. Social psychology has a long tradition of empirical and theoretical research in this field and currently there are many social psychologists in Australia engaged in significant and timely research. This is no accident given the regions long and chequered history regarding race relations with the treatment of the Australian Aborigines has been likened to genocide. Currently there are a number of theoretical and conceptual psychological approaches, which both define and explain prejudice. Personality theories primarily locate race and prejudice within the intro-psychic domain of the individual. From this perspective, authoritarian-rearing practices, intolerance and intro psychic defence mechanisms are isolated as casual agents to a significant problem. There are several theories as to why people are prejudiced. The exploitation theory keeps a racial group in a subordinate social position. The scapegoating theory says that prejudice people believe that they are society’s victims. In this sense, exploiters...
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...Week 2 individual assignment October 27, 2011 CJA/204 In the following paragraphs choice theories will be described as well as how they specifically relate to crime. Common models on how society determines which acts are or are not criminal in nature and how they impact choice theories directly will also be made known in this paper. The first topic at hand is choice theories. What are choice theories? According to Wikipedia (2011) “the term choice theory is the work of William Glasser, MD, author of the book so named, and is the culmination of some 50 years of theory and practice in psychology and counseling. Choice Theory posits that behavior is central to our existence and is driven by five genetically driven needs, similar to those of Abraham Maslow: Survival (food, clothing, shelter, breathing, personal safety and others) and four fundamental psychological needs: Belonging/connecting/love, Power/significance/competence, Freedom/autonomy, and, Fun/learning” So in short it is safe to say that choice theories would be perspectives on crime causes states that criminal activities are the after thoughts of a conscious decision or choice. Choice theory is also known as rational choice theory. Rational choice theory is when a criminal feels the need to defy the law even though they know the consequences do not outweigh the benefit of doing so. Choice theory states that there is a central behavior to our existence and this is...
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...Autism: It’s Time to Listen 1 Autism: It’s Time to Listen. Kelly Fitzpatrick Intro to Psychology Professor Carter 07, 2012 This paper is submitted in partial fulfillment of the Associate of Science Degree in the Medical Assisting Program at Southern Technical College Autism 2 Abstract This paper will discuss what Autism is, when it is usually diagnosed and what behaviors are usually displayed by those on the spectrum. This paper will also provide information about some possible causes of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as well as some facts about ASD. This paper will talk about treatments and resources available to individuals diagnosed with ASD and to their families. Autism 3 Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are equally common terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development. ASD and Autism are characteristic of, in fluctuating degrees, difficulty in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors (Autism Speaks, 2012). Autism can be connected to intellectual disabilities, problems with motor skills development, attention deficits, sleep issues, and gastrointestinal disorders (Autism Speaks, 2012). Autism is believed to originate in early brain development. While this is believed to be true most signs of Autism do not surface until the child is 2 to 3 years old. Other than the characteristics mentioned already ASD or Autism symptoms may include difficulty...
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...Portrait Drawing: Watteau, Giambattista o Pencil Drawings: Turner, Constable, Delcroix o Edgar Degas • 16th Century Art (Mannerism) • 17th Century Art (Baroque) • 18th Century Art (Rococo) • 19th Century Art (Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism) • Late 19th Century (Neo-Impressionism/Pointillism, American Art) • Early 20th Century (Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism) • 1925 – Present (Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Super-Realism, Digital Drawing/Illustration/Design) Brief Intro to Drawing Tools/Materials and Media (will discuss further during different units/topics of drawing) Media: Pencil, Graphite, Charcoal, Pastel, Oil Pastel/Crayon, Color Pencil, Pen & Ink Tools: eraser (gum, kneaded, vinyl), blending stump/tortillons, nibs, x-acto knife, pencil sharpener, sketchbook, drawing board/surface, brush, fixative, compass, ruler, sandpaper Paper: watercolor, construction, computer, newsprint, Strathmore, vellum, transparent, rice paper, nontraditional surfaces (wood, newspaper, phonebook, textbook, cardboard, fabric, etc.) Elements of Art Line Shape Value Form Texture Space Color Principles of Design Balance Emphasis Proportion Gradation Movement Rhythm/Repetition/Pattern Variety Unity Introductory Exercises •...
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