...Learning Styles Paper PSYC101 The VARK is a questionnaire that, when completed, will allow a person to view how they learn best, based on the answers they provided. VARK stands for visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic. VARK allows people to do something with the information they receive; changing the way they study or read. It gets a person to think about the process of learning. According to my result, my learning preferences are aural (auditory) and multimodal in visual, read/write, and kinesthetic (movement.) Using these results and after reading Psychology “Why study how to study,” I have developed a study plan. This will hopefully help me achieve academic success in my Psychology 101 course. I will listen to Mypsyclab podcasts, which involves auditory learning. I will find ways to rehearse the information both verbally and visually. This might involve describing what I learned to a friend, taking notes or drawing a mind map. By learning in more than one way, I am further pounding the knowledge in my mind. According to research, the more regions of the brain that store data about a subject, the more interconnection there is. This means I will have more opportunities to pull up all of those related bits of data from their multiple storage areas in response to a single cue. This cross-referencing of data will help me learn, rather than just memorizing it. Since school is a full-time job. And managing your time is important. I will cut back my days, so that I might...
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...Kaseem Andrews 3/9/15 PSYC101 Cahanin Stress: Portrait of a Killer "Stress is not a state of mind... it's measurable and dangerous, and humans can't seem to find their off-switch." These words of warning come from renowned author and award-winning neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky in the documentary Stress: Portrait of a Killer. The film, Stress: Portrait of a Killer was produced by National Geographic and Stanford University where Dr. Sapolsky is a professor and researcher who shows just how dangerous prolonged stress can be. This film shows how daily stress affect us. It talks about the original purpose of stress was to protect but now it has become the “curse" of our lives. Stress can harm us in many ways according to scientific studies. It can kill brain tissue, adding fat to our bodies and harden our arteries. Stress can be lethal. While stress is a natural response, we humans are unable to turn it off. This keeps us staggering in a harsh bath of hormones. After a while, the stress response is more damaging than the actual stressor itself. The discoveries occur in a surprising range of places from baboon troops on the plains of East Africa to the office cubes of government administrators in London: how it can shrink our brains, add fat to our bellies and even unravel our chromosomes. Understanding how stress works can help us figure out ways to combat it and mitigate negative impacts on our health. By studying baboon populations in East Africa, Sapolsky has found that...
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...Resilience PSYC101-09H Dr. Stelter/Jourdan December, 13 2014 (Rosenberg, Rosenberg, Wolford, Vance, Howard, & Ashley, 2014, Trauma Exposure, Psychiatric Disorders, and Resiliency in Juvenile-Justice-Involved Youth, 430–437 ) The topic of this article is about how resilience and other psychiatric disorders plays a part in the lives of juveniles that are involved in the justice system that have exposure to traumatic events. The researcher’s rationale for this research was to prove that resilience might play a role in the negative outcomes of traumatic exposure in the youth that were involved in this study. This study consisted of a total of 350 juvenile who were all in some way involved with the justice system. The methods used in this research were in web-based survey forms that were administered by a third party such as a juvenile probation or parole officer. The participants were identified only by numbers so they could remain anonymous and to ensure confidentiality. In conclusion, the researchers confirms that the more juvenile-justice-Involved youth experience more traumatic events the more chances they have of developing resilience or other psychiatric disorders based on their research. (Burrow-Sánchez, Corrales, Jensen, & Meyers, 2014, Resilience in a Sample of Mexican American Adolescents With Substance Use Disorders, Psychological Assessment, 1038-1043) The top of this article is about measuring resilience in Latino American adolescents who have substance...
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...The Case Study of Princess Diana Sherri Stratton Colorado Technical University Online PSYC101-1304B-09 Abstract This paper will cover Princess Diana’s upbringing, childhood experience as well as her accomplishments and philosophy. It is apparently clear that she had a Humanistic perspective throughout her whole life. The Case Study of Princess Diana Biographical Sketch A biographical sketch is tells the story of a person’s character, life, and achievements. It is shorter and much more specific. It will provide you with information about the person, and give you a sense of their character. It can be written to give you more information about a historical figure. I choose Princess Diana because she was a very strong female. She is a very strong role model and has done a lot of humanitarian work. Upbringing. Born on July 1, 1961 as Diana Spencer. Her parents were Edward John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, and Frances Ruth Burke Roche, Viscountess Althorp(known as Honorable Frances Shand Kydd). In 1975 she became Lady Diana Spencer after her father inherited the title Earl Spencer. When she was young her parents divorced and her father ended up with custody of her and her siblings. She first went to school at Riddlesworth Hall and then to boarding school at West Heath School. She attended finishing school at Institut Alpin Videmanette in Switzerland. She then moved to London(The Biography Channel 2013). Work. Her true calling was working with kindergarten children...
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...Anxiety Disorder Dawn Murray Bryant & Stratton College PSYC101 Ms. Sara Bevilacqua 10/1/2014 Abstract Anxiety is a state of intense worrying. This disorder affects 6.8 million people in the United States each year. People who suffer from this disorder may face psychological and physical symptoms. Fortunately, there are many different treatment options available. Anxiety can happen for a specific reason or for no reason at all. There are many psychological and social situations that many cause a person to have anxiety. This paper will discuss the causes, symptoms, treatments and implications of anxiety disorders. Anxiety Disorder Anxiety is a state of intense worrying usually accompanied with physical and psychological symptoms. Anxiety can happen after a distressing situation or for no reason at all. 6.8 million people in the U.S. population are affected by anxiety in any given year. Women are twice as likely to be effected (General Anxiety Disorder, 2010). This paper reviews what anxiety is, it’s causes, the associated symptoms, current treatments, and workplace implications. We all experience anxiety but what causes it? The two main causes are psychological and social situations. Strong evidence supports the theory that genetic components are involved (Ghinassi, 2010). Anxiety is known to run in families. Studies show that certain anxiety disorders are inherited; a growing body of evidence suggests that there is genetic vulnerability to developing...
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...PSYC101 Journal Article Review Assignment - Part 2 Article Analysis, Connection, and Reflection Due: 11:55pm ET Sunday at the end of Week 6 of the 8-week course term You may work on this assignment ahead of its deadline but may not submit it prior to Week 6. Points Possible: 140 OVERVIEW: For Part I of this two-part assignment you identified and summarized elements of a published scholarly article selected from the classroom Resources Folder. For Part 2, which is due by the end of Week 6, you will analyze, connect, and reflect on aspects of your selected article. Note that the words “succinct” and “thorough” repeat regularly in the instructions below. They will serve as reminders that this is a formal assignment and sentence fragments, bulleted lists, conversational or other types of casual language cannot be used. In completing Part 2 you will: --Describe a research method alternative to the one used by your selected article’s author(s) to study the same phenomena -- Evaluate the potential impact on the “real world” of your selected article’s research; -- Apply three concepts from required textbook readings; -- Identify an aspect of the article’s topic focus about which you would like to know more In composing your work use complete and clearly articulated sentences in one or more paragraphs, as assigned below, a minimum of 250 words each and citing sources in the body of your writing and in a References list attached to the end of it. Proofread your work carefully...
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...Exposure, Satiation and Stimulus Discriminability Exposure, Satiation and Stimulus Discriminability Research Critical Evaluation Psyc101 Exposure, Satiation and Stimulus Discriminability Research Critical Evaluation The study of Exposure, Satiation and Stimulus Discriminability is a scientific study of the effects of exposure of different stimulus on the male brain. Not just how stimulus is effected by exposure but how much exposure and how much satiation is optimal for the male brain to perceive a stimulus as good, bad, likeable or unlikeable. (Philip Shaver, 1972, p. 270) The study conducted used four different experiments. The first three experiments used the same audience that was composed of male college students from the University of Michigan, mostly in the undergraduate level of their studies. The fourth study used female undergraduates from the University of Michigan. (Philip Shaver, 1972, pp. 270-280) The hypothesis of this study was that depending on the stimuli, the exposure of stimuli and the saturation of exposure one could determine the effects of these variables on the human psyche and the lasting effects of the exposure of stimuli. (Philip Shaver, 1972, p. 270) This study is a paramount study in psychology not just for the basis of science but for a lot more fields out there. Philip Shaver and David Van Kreveld exposed the participants to numerous different stimuli for a measured amount of exposure and saturation in this study. (Philip Shaver, 1972...
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...Annotated bibliography PSYC101 Stephanie Adams Jong hwan, Kim 30/07/2013 PERSONALITY TRAIT : Aggression Article 1, “Apparent motives for aggression in the social context of the bar” There are four types of motivation that aggression could be appeared. Compliance, grievance, identity, and excitement motivation could be indicated when aggression is used in response to unfair or perceived offensive behavior. After excluding incidents, where motives could not be coded or only staffs were aggressive, 1507 people had an experiment. For both men and women, compliance was negatively related with all other motives when grievance was positively connected with identity and negatively associated with excitement. Identity was positively associated with excitement for women but negatively associated for men. There were gender differences in motives. Men scored higher on identity and excitement, when women scored higher than did men on compliance and grievance. Women were more likely to have compliance as a primary motivation. There was also association of motives with escalation. Of these engaging in two or more aggressive acts, the later acts were more aggressive than first acts at the same level of aggression. Moreover, there was association of motives with severity of aggression. The coefficients from multilevel bivariate linear regression of severity on each motive with separate models for men and women and for the first or only act and for the second act. ...
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...Understanding Autism Jessica Stansbury PSYC101, Online Michael Mihajlovic November 23, 2012 What is Autism? Autism, also known as Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), is a developmental disability. It can cause many problems such as social, communication and behavioral challenges. People with autism process information differently in their brain than other people do. Although there are many different types of Autism, there are three that are more commonly seen currently. The first one is Autistic Disorder, also called classic autism. This is usually accompanied by substantial language delays, social and communication challenges, and odd behaviors and interests. The second is Asperger Syndrome. Asperger Syndrome is usually accompanied by some milder symptoms of autistic disorder. Although they may still have social challenges and odd or unusually interested and behaviors, they usually do not have any problems with language disabilities. The third is Pervasive Developmental disorder (PDD-NOS) or also called atypical autism. Most people that are diagnosed with PDD-NOS usually have fewer and much milder symptoms then the others. People that are diagnosed with PDD-NOS may only have challenges in social and communication areas. Although there are different types of autism, they all require the same attention to the signs and symptoms of them. Autism is usually detected in early childhood. It will appear in the first three years of life. Often the...
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