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Psychology of IntelligenceIntelligence in general terms is considered to be an individual capacity of understanding, planning, knowledge, learning, emotion, logic, creativity and problem-solving approach. Intelligence is the ability to sense information and retain knowledge for its application towards personal adaptive behaviour within a particular context or environment (Reich, Zautra & Hall, 2010). As per historical knowledge, word intelli...

Experiment DetailsAns 1. a)  Title of the article: ‘Creating false memories: Remembering words not presented in lists’ b)  Name of the authors: Henry L. Roediger III and Kathleen B. McDermott. c)  Name of the journal: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition   The year of publication: 1995.  Volume number: 21.   Page numbers: 12 Ans 2. a) The mai...

Symptoms of ADHDAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental and psychological disorder of the neuro-developmental type. The disease has some significant symptoms such as problems paying attention, excessive activity or the issues regarding the behaviour that is not proper for the age of a person. ADHD may occur at the school age of the students and expand in the adult and youth period. In the children of aged 6 years to 12 year...

MethodologyThe teratogen affects behavior problems among the offspring (Loomans et al., 2012). Prenatal and parental exposure of alcohol is found to generate Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children (Ware et al., 2012). ADHD causes over activity, impulsivity and are unable to sustain attention under the stereotypic school settings (Getahun et al., 2013). It also causes poor self-esteemed, mood swings, dysthymia and anxiety t...

OutlineBasically, severe deprivation points to acute, compounded or persistent economic hardship. Predominantly, acute economic hardship is characterized by living below the poverty life meaning there’s low supply of critical resources whereas compounded hardship implies disadvantages be they psychological, materially or socially. Mainly, persistent economic hardship implies a continuous disadvantageous condition. Persistent hardships ma...

Explicit and implicit attitudes explainedSolution to A1 Explicit attitudes is defined as a situation wherein a person shows his feeling knowingly. A person expressing his cognisant outlook to an individual, article or thought and is well acquainted with the feelings he/she holds towards a particular situation is said to have an explicit attitude (Grinnell. 2010). Whereas by implicit attitude it means that a person is showing his/her feeling u...

Individualism index rating has a moderate relationship with the group score.Different cultures embrace different and specific values, ideas, and thoughts which they categorize as important or non-important. Such values and thoughts are highly influenced by the element of self-concept which is defined as the individuals’ beliefs about themselves including their individuals’ attributes of what and who the self is (MacLeod, 2008). Mac...

Attitudes: A Cumulative Measure of How an Individual Manages SituationsAttitude is defined as the tendency to react positively or negatively to the situation that are faced by all people. Attitude is related to the enduring organization of beliefs, feelings and the behavioral tendencies that are seen towards the socially significant objects. These are particularly involved in this form of the groups, events or the symbols which are indicated for...

MethodologyCognitive psychology is a branch of psychology that deals with the mental processes such as attention, learning, memory, creativity, problem-solving and thinking. Memory is one of the most important parts in cognitive psychology (Neisser, 2014). Short term memory is a part of memory that can hold a small amount of information in the active mind but it cannot manipulate the stored information. Memories can also being recalled by t...

A research topic of interest related to the study of human nature (Spirituality)Human nature is the basic ground of the development of man. The study of human nature is extremely intriguing. Human psychology is complex and cannot be explained by their choices in terms of religion, holy scriptures, principles or faiths. A topic which can somewhat help in the study of human psychology or human nature is Spirituality. Three different religious f...

Deeper insight into Under My SkinUnder My Skin is one of the masterpieces of Doris Lessing’s first volume of autobiography. As a matter of specification, the volume enhances the clarity of the readers about how she spent her childhood in the dense forest of Africa. Time and memory is one of an important theme of this volume. Recollection of the past from the perspective of a child Doris acts as a flashback of her development (Watkin...

Key Principles of MSM“The multi-store model of memory (Atkinson and Shiffrin 1968) offers a complete account of the workings of human memory” Memory is the title that has been provided to the structures as well as processes, which intricate in the storage and future retrieval of information. Information can be of various forms like images, sounds or meanings. According to the psychologists, the term memory encloses three necessa...

The Need for a Safe Place for Sexual FetishistsTechnology has become more and more cheap, easy to use and susceptible (Bocij, 2004, p.106). It is thus not astonishing that more people are inferring from this state of affairs to utilise the technology to pursue their different practices since they can hide their identities from others, costume their acts and annihilate all implicating attestation towards them (Bocij, 2004, p.106). The fact that...

MethodsThe article “Digital media use in the 2 h before bedtime is associated with sleep variables in university students” was published on August 28 2015. It is authored by Kathryn M. Orzech, Michael A. Grandner, Brandy M. Roane and Mary A. Carskadon. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between self-reported sleep patterns and digital media use in first-year university students, (Orzech, 2016). The researchers...

The Principles of Evaluative ConditioningAn important question in marketing research is how one might get consumers to like or dislike certain products. One possibility is that consumers like products that become associated in their mind with something that they already perceive to be positive. This sort of association is referred to as ‘evaluative conditioning’ (Terry 2012, p.87). Typically a neutral stimulus, such as a new brand ...

Marx's view on class struggle and its basisThe theory of class struggle by Marx declares that, "All people in the society share the history of class struggle," asserting that classes are groups with intrinsic interests that differ and sometimes conflict with the needs of people from other classes. It is based on production and states that all the interests of the two classes are driven by the power possessed by each in their means of...

The Hypercorrection EffectThe Memory retention has always been quite a challenge not only to the learners but also to the tutors too; who have to subject themselves to intense research for the sake of the students. A robust memory is the divine backbone of continuous learning which will thus lead to increased knowledge. A powerful memory that can retain the entire bulk of information fed into the same-if achievable is the ultimate tool to acad...

BackgroundThe principles provided by the theory of innate principles are very interesting. Philosopher Socrates is the inventor of the innate principles. It was provided by the philosopher that men and women come into the world equipped with knowledge they had gained in their previous life. He argues that the body possessed by individuals may be new but their sole which does not change, possesses knowledge from the previous life. Knowledge is ...

Dimensions of Student StressStress and pressure are a part of human lives. The life of a student is full of pressure, that comes from his own aspirations, from the peers as well as the from the family members. Thus, coping up with such, stresses are often difficult and various personality disorders might be seen in the students. However, it is essential that a student learn to cope up with the pressure around him and become successful in overc...

Adversities that may be impacting on Sarah Protective EnvironmentsThe case study provided in the assignment depicted the scenario pertaining to a 5 years girl child named Sarah who has recently moved onto a new place along with her mother and younger brother following a marital breakup of her parents. It has further been indicated that Sarah is under the custody of her mother and has scope of making infrequent contact with her father. Accord...

Coping with StressPsychologists have discovered that different people will react and cope differently with their personal stress. Due to issues and challenges facing student in dealing with anxiety and demands of the university system, behaviorist’s experts have conducted research and explained how a person trait will influence student coping with the situation. Student stress is mainly brought about dealing with assignments under tight ...

Summary of 'Against Logical Form'Modeling cognition and human reasoning remains a contentious topic in the field of psychology with different proponents coming with their model or base of reasoning. While some argue based on the theoretical perception, others focus more on the evidential form which draws much reasoning. A comparison on the two article shall be done while trying to compare the several approach to reasoning and providing a react...

Socrates and the Temple of DelphiThis assignment focuses on the philosophies of the pioneer of philosophy and great philosophers namely Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. This assignment highlights the works of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. A comparison among the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle has also been presented. 1.Temple of Delphi The temple of Delphi is an ancient Greek temple that is situated in Greece. Socrates was among the first...

AnalysisA person centric, commonly known as people centric in plural form, is discussed in the present essay and how their work psychology is proceeded with. This refers to the personal importance to increase work growth. Work can become highly interesting to the people because it revolves the cycle of human life (Cloninger & Cloninger, 2011). While working, the people centric can experience various emotions of joy, tension, anxiety, sadness...