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- 131: Ivan Pavlov
- Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936), world famous Russian physiologist became second to Freud as the most influential psychologist of our century. Pavlov was a follower of "The father of Russian psychology," Sechenov, whose theory was that the reflex is the essence of all reactions. Pavlov went further and discovered that the conditional reflex is a response, which is not directly connected ... the total learning process in higher animals. The reflex concept had a tremendous influence on the process of psychological thinking. It also caused an enormous spate of research in the psychology of behavior in the early 20 century. Through the conditioned reflex the study of association became the basic starting point of modern science and technology. Pavlov generated a whole school ... sicne Aristotle. His findings, related to the conditional reflex, are the basis to the understanding of the mechanism of change in people and animals. This discovery changed the views of psychology regarding behavior.
- 132: Serial Killing: Is It An Addiction?
- ... an integrated, bio-psycho-social illness (Johnson, 1993). In other words, an addiction is not an isolated physical or social illness. The addiction contains elements of society, biology and individual psychology (Johnson, 1993). The definition of the bio-psycho-social model states that an addiction is the repeated use of a substance or a compelling involvement in behavior that directly or ... the progression stage after only a handful of trials. Regardless, these stages always occur in a specific order, one following another. Serial killers are viewed by many experts in both psychology and psychiatry to be the ultimate extension of violence (Geverth, 1990). As this statement would suggest, serial killers have many traits in common with each other. The proper psychological classification ... 1988). "Vulnerability to Alcohol and Drug Use: A Behavior-Genetic View." In Stanton Peele (Ed.), Visions of Addiction. Lexington: DC Health and Company. Geberth, Vernon J. (1992). "Serial Murder: A Psychology of Evil." Law and Order, 40, 107-110. Geberth, Vernon J. (1990). "The Serial Killer." Law and Order, 38, 72-77. Holmes, Ronald M. and DeBurger, James. (1988). Serial ...
- 133: Intuition
- ... assumes they are qualitatively the same types of processes as conscious ones. This view denies the richness, subtlety, and inherent power of unconscious processes. {Alcock, 1998} Recent results in cognitive psychology and neuroscience suggest that unconscious processes do indeed have qualitatively different properties from conscious processes. Some of these properties include the ability to pick up ("sense") patterns in dynamic and ... of similarity to previous situations), sensitive to "goodness of fit" within a context, etc.{Chalmers, 1995} . Up to present date I have had a chance to study such studies of psychology. In order to understand such aspects of psychology there must be previous study of these topics or its as if you are looking at a blank page. These areas definitely have a strong correlation between intuition. Writing ...
- 134: From Legend To Science The Health Benefits Of Tea
- ... wasteful of time, and calculated to render the population weak and effeminate.¡¨ (Shalleck 68) In recent years, the legendary medicinal properties of tea have been given serious scientific support. In Psychology Today (May ¡V June, 1999) an article on tea discusses ¡§an explosion of research" which indicates that, tea, particularly green tea, provides numerous health benefits. Studies show that drinking four ... Languages Press, 1983 (Korner Q127 C5 A74 1983) Blofeld, John. The Chinese Art of Tea. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1985 (Korner GT2907 C6 B58 1985) Chatterjee, Camille. Drink to Your Health: Psychology Today. Vol32 No3 1999 p. 26 (Korner Journals BF1 P89 T63 Set2) Ericson, Lewis. Black Tea or Green Tea: Maclean¡¦s. Vol110 No43 1997 p. 60 (Korner Journals AP 5 ... Languages Press, 1983 (Korner Q127 C5 A74 1983) Blofeld, John. The Chinese Art of Tea. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1985 (Korner GT2907 C6 B58 1985) Chatterjee, Camille. Drink to Your Health: Psychology Today. Vol32 No3 1999 p. 26 (Korner Journals BF1 P89 T63 Set2) Ericson, Lewis. Black Tea or Green Tea: Maclean¡¦s. Vol110 No43 1997 p. 60 (Korner Journals AP ...
- 135: How Does Iago Persuade Othello
- ... can actually pinpoint the line where he finally pushes Othello over the edge. Iago manages this in several ways, through imagery, sewing the seed in Othello s mind, and reverse psychology. However all of these ways boil down to one thing, Iago, throughout the play, plays on Othello s own insecurities about race, and Desdemona. Iago s language throughout the scene ... although this line was necessary to protect himself, it would have no effect on Othello s faith in his tale. Similar to the previous method, Iago uses a little reverse psychology in this scene. A clear example of this is toward the very end of the scene. Iago and Othello are discussing the murder of Cassio, but then Iago says, but ... insecurities and doubt about his colour and his relationship with his wife. Iago s brilliant cunning sees these insecurities and brings them out, using imagery, putting in ideas, and reverse psychology. None of these methods are inherently responsible for the persuasion of Othello, but they all have a part to play in the exposition and emphasis of Othello s insecurities ...
- 136: Alcohol and Its Effects On Humans
- ... influences other social risk taking, moral judgement, sexual interest and nonsocial behaviors (Steele 1985). References: Adler J: Kids growing up scared. Newsweek 43-50, 1994 January 10. Buss AH: The Psychology of Aggression, New York, Wilroy, 1961. Permanen K: Alcohol in Human Violence. New York, Guilford Press, 1991. Ross S, Krugman AD, Lycrly SB, Clyde DJ: Drugs and placebas; A model design. Psychol Rep 10: 383-392, 1962. Steele CM, South wick L: Alcohol and social behaviorism I: The psychology of drunken excess. J Pers Soc Psychol 48: 18-34 1985. A national survey of students at one hundred forty four-year college campuses across the United States was conducted ... Wechsler 1994). References: Baron’s Profiles of American Colleges. Hauppauge, NY: Baron’s Educational Series Inc; 1992. Hanson DJ, Engs RC, College students’ drinking problems: A National Study, 1982-1991. Psychology Rep. 1992; 71: 39-42 Presley CA, Meilman PW, Lycrla R. Alcohol and Drugs on American College Campuses: Use Consequences, and Perceptions of the Campus Environment, Volume: 1989-1991, ...
- 137: Definition Of Job Burn Out
- ... of psychological burn out? Human relations, 44, 193 - 207. Eastberg, M. C., Williamson, M., Gorsuch, R. & Ridley, R. (1994). Social support, personality, and burn out in nurses. Journal of Applied Psychology, 22, 1233 - 1250. Lee, R. T. & Ashforth, B. E. (1996). A meta-analytic examination of the correlates of the three dimensions of job burn out. Journal of Applied Psychology, 81, 123 - 133. Schaufeli, W. B. & Buunk, B. P. (1996). Professional burn out. Handbook of Work and Health Psychology. (pp. 311-346). Chester: Wiley.
- 138: Criminal Insanity
- ... the age of 35" ("Charles..."). Why the court system didn't identify the potential in Manson to become criminally insane is unexplainable. Psychiatrist Helen L. Morrison, and expert on criminal psychology has said about the criminally insane, "These are basically cookie-cutter people, so much alike psychologically I could close my eyes and be talking to any one of them. They are phenomenally alike in the way their psychology is set, the way they function, and how they're misdiagnosed" (Methvin, 35). If this is true, and these criminally insane are so alike then one would think that there ... nute/killers/dahmer.html (19 May 1996). Methvin, Eugene. "Psycho Killer, Qu'est-ce que c'est?: The Face of Evil." National Review 23 Jan 1995: 34+. "Natural Born Killers?" Psychology Today January/February '95: 10. "Serial Killers". Http://www.mayhem.net (19 May 1996). Stapleton, Christine, and Candy Hatcher. "Prisoners of the Mind: Mentally Ill Languish in Flawed System." ...
- 139: Biofeedback
- ... majority of health care professionals did not accept biofeedback. The public felt that biofeedback was an experimental procedure used by researchers only. Therefore, it stayed on the outside of conventional psychology and medicine. In 1968, the Biofeedback Society of America was assembled by a group of professionals who believed that biofeedback could make a substantial addition to behavioral medicine. With their ... initiated to research further new methods of biofeedback training. Within the last 10 years in the United States, the use of biofeedback has become a commonplace in many practices of psychology. Along with the uses of relaxation techniques, such as autogenic therapy, "biofeedback has now become universally acclaimed as an important method to learning how to achieve a state of deep ... health and human services DHHS publication no. (ADM) 83-1273, 1983. Http://www.healthy.net/library/articles/biofeedback/biofeedbackwhatis/htm 4. Miller, L. What Biofeedback Does (and Doesn't) Do. Psychology Today, November 1989, 22-24. 5. Danskin, D. G. and Crow, M. A. Biofeedback: An Introduction And Guide. Mayfield Publishing Company, 1981.
- 140: An Attempt At Understanding Dreams
- ... that I had completely forgotten about it until the night of the dream, at least consciously. Anyway, I decided to use the chance of having to write a paper for Psychology 201 (especially that I hardly write papers because I'm an Engineering major), and I almost instantly knew that I was going to explore the world of dreams and the ... people suddenly remember their dreams later in the day, without even thinking about it. I managed to get some more information about REM sleep from Rita Atkinson's Introduction To Psychology. It says in the book that there is a period of REM sleep where we experience dreams, but there are also four other periods of non-REM (NREM) sleep. During ... makes us appreciate dreams more and more. Works Cited Abdel Hamid, Ranya, 22 yrs., Mechanical Engineering major at AUC. Aristotle, “On Dreams”, 350 B.C. Atkinson, Rita L., “Introduction To Psychology”, 1993. Dreams Interpretation Services & Resources, “http://www1.rider.edu/~ ~suler/dreams.html”, 1996. Farrag, Mariam, 20 yrs., Political Science major at AUC. Ghaleb, Teymour, 23 yrs., Marketing Analyst at ...
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