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Intro to Psychology. Psy 101- Chapter 1 Notes Psychology- comes from the
root words psyche (mind) and logos (study). -scientific ...
The field of psychology. Psychology Psychology is defined as the study of the way
people think and behave. ... Psychology is also an interdisciplinary science. ...
What Psychology Is To Me. What Psychology is to Me After taking Psychology 1000,
psychology means much more to me than it did prior to taking the class. ...
Types of Psychology. Cognitive Psychology ... Cognitive psychology was not recognized
until the period between 1950 and 1970. Behaviorism was ...
Philosophical Concepts Within Psychology. “Psychology is the science of mental
processes and behaviors” (Kosslyn and Rosenberg, 2006). ...
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Chapter 2
This article is from the April 2003 issue of Psychology Today. In chapter 2, behavior is the main topic. Behavior is a bit unexplainable , but it can be put into form of patterns or predictions. Also, behavior is uncontrolled, but can be changed to a small degree with the use of medicine or a good diet. This article “Fighting Crime One Bite At A Time” tells how a good diet can maybe decrease the number of rule breaking by prisoners in jail. This article relates how changing ones nutrition can change their behavior. This article showed an experiment where 231 inmates were either given vitamin supplements and the others to fake pills to see which group would break the rules more. The vitamin group broke the rules 25% less than the others did. This is pretty interesting how giving criminals the right nutrition requirements may change their behavior. Chapter 3
Chapter 3 is talks about sensation and perception with our eyes. Our eyes effect how we think and perceive things. Our eye turns a wavelength into light in which the path of the light goes through the pupil then iris then to the retina, which contains cones and rods. This article from Lets Live named “Obesity Increases Cataract Risk” relates how being obese may effect the development of cataracts in your eyes. A cataract is a cloudiness or opacity in the normally transparent crystalline lens of the eye. This cloudiness can cause a decrease in vision and may lead to eventual blindness. This report says that those with a body mass of 30 BMI ( which is weight to height) or higher were 36% more likely to develop cataracts. Chapter 6
In Chapter 6, memory and the functions and parts of the brain. Our brain is very complex and is very delicate. Some of the key brain structures are the prefrontal cortex and the Cerebellum. The prefrontal Cortex controls memory in a sequence of events , but not the events themselves. This article from Psychology...
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