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- 11: Child Psychology
- I. Purpose of paper: Child Psychology, study of children’s behavior-including physical, cognitive, motor, linguistic, perceptual, social, and emotional characteristics-from birth through adolescence. Child psychologists attempt to explain the similarities and differences among children ... such as parental attitudes) and biological characteristics (such as health) interact and influence behavior, and (2) to understand how behavioral changes influence one another. I chose to write about child psychology because thinking of all the subjects we have been introduced to in my psychology class, I have found this to be the most interesting. At first I thought of researching a subject I was not familiar with, but after analyzing many topics I ...
- 12: Cross Cultural Psychology
- Psychology is a science with abounding applications. It pertains to nearly all aspects of human life and behavior. It reveals mysteries about people, and culture as well. Psychology plays a large role in the field of Anthropology, a field devoted piecing together the puzzle of cultures around the world. The area of psychology best suited for this field is named cross-cultural psychology. Psychology and Anthropology are two studies that go hand in hand. To study one is to use the other. ...
- 13: The Study of Psychology
- The Study of Psychology Chapter 1 discusses psychology. It mentions why psychologists do what they do and the purpose of why they study psychology. It also discusses how psychologists conduct research, how psychology emerged, the steps of research, ethical issues, and the 20th century perspective on psychology. Psychology is the study of how ...
- 14: Stereotypes Are The Psychologi
- ... differentiation and more specifically at contextual shifts in categorisation. In an experiment that they carried out they looked at the effect of a group immersion task on several groups of psychology students. They found that context played a significant role on the intergroup behaviour, although not in the way that they had predicted. They found that a large effect was recorded ... intergroup conflict. REFERENCES: * Ashmore, R., D & Del Boca, F., K. (1981) as cited in Snyder, M. & Miene, P. K. (1994). Stereotyping the elderly: A functional approach. British Journal of Social Psychology, 33, 62-82. * Augoustinos, M., Ahrens, C., & Innes, J., M. (1994) Stereotypes and prejudice: The Australian experience. British Journal of Social Psychology, 33, 125-141. * Bowser, B., P. (1995). Racism and Anti-Racism in World Perspective. Sage Publications: California. * Brown, R. (1995) Prejudice: Its Social Psychology (3rd Ed.) Blackwell Publishers: Oxford. * ...
- 15: Sport Psychology
- Sport Psychology: How it Helps Athletes In our society today it seems like sports rule the land. Everywhere we look, there is some kind of sporting event going on or being televised ... win at all cost. With this increase pressure, athletes are looking for more and more ways to better their performance. One such way, which is now gaining popularity, is Sports Psychology. Though this isn t a new field, its popularity is just beginning to take off. There is still a lot of skepticism about the validity or worth while of the ... their performances. The articles were found using a database search of PsychInfo. Keywords such as increased performance, psychological practices, and sports were used to narrow the search. What is Sport Psychology? Over the years there have been many different definitions offered as to what Sport Psychology is. One of the best ways to look at it is to ask what ...
- 16: Forensic Psychology
- Forensic psychology is something that I have been interested in for quite some time; for an explanation of what forensic psychology is here is a broad explanation from Dr. Joseph Davis, "Forensics literally translated from Latin means "in the forum". A place to argue, to debate and to render an opinion ... any acceptable scientific application of methods, procedures, techniques, to the resolution of problems at law (can be civil or criminal or other)" ("The Page"). So to put it simply forensic psychology is just the combination of law and psychology. Forensic Psychology is a relatively new, but fast growing, field of clinical psychology. ("An analysis") The jobs of clinicians in this ...
- 17: 5 Major Psychology Theoretical
- The five major theoretical perspectives in psychology are biological, learning, cognitive, psychodynamic, and sociocultural perspectives. Each one of these perspectives searches for answers about behavior through different techniques and through looking for answers to different kinds of ... the different approaches, each perspective form their own assumptions and explanations. Some perspectives are widely accepted while others struggle for acceptance. Biological perspective "The premise behind the biological perspective in psychology is that all actions, feelings, and thoughts are associated with bodily events." Biological psychologists examine how all of the electrical impulses, hormones, and chemicals flowing through the body can effect ... functions can change behavior. They are concerned with how the aspects of biology effect peoples' emotions, learning abilities, and their perception of events. One of the major theories of biological psychology is that "We cannot know ourselves if we do not know our bodies." Through application of this theory, biological psychologists strive to understand the relationship between the mind and ...
- 18: Psychology B.f Skiner
- B.F. Skinner Running head: B.F. Skinner and His Influence in Psychology B.F. Skinner and His Influence in Psychology Abstract B.F. Skinner was one of the most influential theorists in modern psychology. His work was very important and has been studied by many for years. Skinner was a very straightforward man and a very educated man. His theories have helped mankind ...
- 19: B.F. Skinner and His Influence in Psychology
- B.F. Skinner and His Influence in Psychology Abstract B.F. Skinner was one of the most influential theorists in modern psychology. His work was very important and has been studied by many for years. Skinner was a very straightforward man and a very educated man. His theories have helped mankind in ... important work was the study of behaviorism. First began by John B. Watson, behaviorism is one of the most widely studied theories today. B.F. Skinner and His Influence in Psychology B.F. Skinner was one of the most famous of the American psychologists. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1904. Skinner was the father of modern behaviorism. Skinner did ...
- 20: Psychology: Human Development
- Psychology: Human Development The field of psychology may have grown to be respected as a science. Objectivity and the scientific method are both part of the psychologist's mode of operation. However, even the greatest of psychologists can only theorize about what makes human beings act the way they do. Absolutes are not part of psychology . Everything is relative and open to speculation. Theorists give us their views or ideas about life. In the field of psychology, there have been many different areas of interest. ...
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