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Practise Exam Questions If You Want Better Exam Results
Written by Keiron WalshWritten on Tuesday, 25 January 2011 14:06 in Cognitive Psychology 2 comments Read more...
Practising exam questions is a much better way of preparing for examinations than rereading and reviewing notes, according to a new study by Jeffrey Karpicke and Janell Blunt from Purdue University. They also found that most students… -
From the Start, the Mind Knows Night from Day
Written by Press ReleaseThe brain is apparently programmed from birth to develop the ability to determine sunrise and sunset, according to new research on circadian rhythms that sheds new light on brain plasticity and may explain some basic human…Written on Thursday, 28 April 2011 20:00 in Psychology News Be the first to comment! Read more... -
Nicotine and cocaine leave similar mark on brain after first contact
Written by Press ReleaseNicotine and cocaine leave similar mark on brain after first contact Memory-like effects in brain reward pathway could contribute to drug addiction The effects of nicotine upon brain regions involved in addiction mirror those of cocaine,…Written on Tuesday, 03 May 2011 05:00 in Psychology News Be the first to comment! Read more...
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Stress Response is Gender Specific
Written by Keiron WalshPhoto credit The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is reporting research published in the journal Social cognitive and Affective Neuroscience that shows that different parts of the brain are activated in males and females when…Written on Saturday, 02 February 2008 16:34 in Stress Be the first to comment! Read more...
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Perception of Geometry is Innate
Written by Keiron WalshNew reseach suggests that the ability to perceive shapes is innate. Despite minimal exposure to the regular geometric objects found in developed countries, African tribal people perceive shapes as well as westerners.Written on Saturday, 14 November 2009 13:01 in Cognitive Psychology Be the first to comment! Read more...
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Working Memory (Baddeley & Hitch, 1974)
Written by Keiron WalshWritten on Saturday, 15 March 2008 10:19 in Memory 18 comments Read more...
Baddely and Hitch believed that the STM store in the Multistore Model was too simplistic: they thought that short term memory was not a passive store, but several active processes that manipulate information. -
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
Written by Keiron WalshWritten on Saturday, 08 March 2008 15:54 in Cognitive Development 8 comments Read more...
Piaget believed that there is a qualitative as well as a quantitative difference in the intelligence of young children, compared with older children and adults. There is a quantitative difference because adults have more knowledge of… -
The Multistore Model of Memory (Atkinson and Shiffrin, 1968)
Written by Keiron WalshAtkinson and Shiffrin's Multistore Model of Memory suggests that there are three separate memory stores, Sensory Memory (sometimes called the 'sensory store'), Short Term Memory (STM) and Long Term Memory (LTM). Each store has a different…Written on Thursday, 28 August 2008 09:46 in Memory 13 comments Read more...
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AQA-A Psychology Unit 3 Options
Written by Keiron WalshIn Unit 3 of the AQA-A Psychology Specification, candidates must develop knowledge, understanding and skills of analysis and evaluation in relation to three topics selected from the following:Written on Sunday, 31 May 2009 15:49 in Unit 3 Be the first to comment! Read more...
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How to Spot a Narcissist From Their Facebook Profile
Written by Keiron WalshWritten on Tuesday, 23 September 2008 05:42 in Interesting 6 comments Read more...
Narcissism is a personality disorder, characterised by "a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and a lack of empathy" (DSM IV-TR). Narcissists have an exaggerated sense of self-importance, believe they are special and unique, have…