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    Psychology

    canals Vestibular sacs & Semicircular canals * Thin tubes filled with fluid that moves and presses on hairlike receptors whenever the head rotates. Messages that pass through these canals are converted to neural impulses that are carried to the brain. KINESTHETIC REACTION Proprioceptors are the Kinesthetic Receptors * Found in the muscles, tendons and joints. * Related to the posture of the body

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    Introduction to Psychology Worksheet

    University of Phoenix Material Introduction to Psychology Worksheet Complete each part with 100- to 200-word responses. Your responses must total 500 to 800-words for the entire worksheet. Part I: Origins of Psychology Within psychology, several perspectives are used to describe, predict, and explain human behavior. Describe three major psychological perspectives and name at least one leading theorist for each. Structuralism is one psychological perspective and the theorist would

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    Chp 15 Notes Defining Psychological Disorders Psychological disorder - a syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior Disturbed, or dysfunctional thoughts, emotions, or behaviors are maladaptive - they interfere with normal day-to-day life. Understanding Psychological Disorders Medical Model Brutal treatments may worsen, rather than improve, mental health. Philippe Pinel opposed such brutal treatments. He insisted

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    Emotions

    stanford.edu/archives/spr2010/entries/emotion/ Wright Mackenzie, eHow contributor,2011, How Do Your Emotions Affect Your Behaviors?, http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4600645_emotions-affect-behaviors.html Antonio R. Damasio, 2005, March, 24 Scientific American Mind, http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=feeling-our-emotions Term Paper on Neuropsychology (Emotional Behavior) Joy Ann F. Burgos B.S.PY-32 October 06, 2011 Emotion According to Dr. James W. Kalat, emotions are difficult

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    All About Me

    Because Wundt's formation of the world's first experimental psychology lab is usually noted at the official start of psychology as a separate and distinct science. By establishing a lab that utilized scientific methods to study the human mind and behavior, Wundt took psychology from a mixture of philosophy and biology and made it a unique field of study. Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt (16 August 1832 – 31 August 1920) was a German physician, physiologist, philosopher, and professor, known today as one

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    General Psychology

    mental functions and behaviors. 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

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    Testing and More Testing

    • The Technological Revolution • The Spectrum of Learning Theories • Behaviorism • Constructivism • Fitting the Other Theories into the Spectrum • Theory of Multiple Intelligence • Learning Theories and the Brain • Brain Structures • Implications for Learning Theory • Implications for Multimedia • References     This chapter takes a brief look at the two major categories of learning theories (behaviorism and constructivism), the major theorists

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    Study Habits and Academic Performance

    • The Technological Revolution • The Spectrum of Learning Theories • Behaviorism • Constructivism • Fitting the Other Theories into the Spectrum • Theory of Multiple Intelligence • Learning Theories and the Brain • Brain Structures • Implications for Learning Theory • Implications for Multimedia • References   By Darren Forrester & Noel Jantzie Kilde: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/%7Egnjantzi/learning_theories.htm   This chapter takes a brief

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    The Brain and the Behavioral

    BEH/225 THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR ESSAY The Brain and Behavior Essay BEH/225 June 7, 2014 The Brain and Behavior In the four lobes of the brain, temporal lobe is of them. Cerebral cortex the major part of which this lobe is part of. It is on the lower side of both cerebral hemispheres on each side. This lobe has different functions, mainly auditory detection, keeping memory and emotional perception. The hippocampus happens

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    Infancy and Early Childhood

    happen. Infants soak up the entire stimulus in their environment; everything they see and hear has a profound impact on their development. All of the infant’s experiences are to be utilized at a later point in their life. When an infant is born, the brain starts to immediately go through several developmental changes. Normal cognitive growth in a child is dependent on the right types of environmental exposures. “Authoritative parents will also allow children to be independent, which teaches kids that

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