Lesson Activities (1)
Now that the new academic year is starting, Resource of the week returns with a nice lesson activity for Cognitive Development.
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Lesson Activities
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People Use the Same Style When Searching For Things As They Do When Seaching Their Minds
Written by Keiron WalshWhen you lose a treasured posession, like your ipod, wedding ring or psychology textbook, how do you search for it? Do you search around frantically, moving quickly from place to place, or do you search each…Written on Wednesday, 10 September 2008 16:48 in Interesting Be the first to comment! Read more... -
Meditation may help the brain 'turn down the volume' on distractions
Written by Press ReleaseThe positive effects of mindfulness meditation on pain and working memory may result from an improved ability to regulate a crucial brain wave called the alpha rhythm. This rhythm is thought to "turn down the volume"…Written on Thursday, 21 April 2011 16:30 in Psychology News Be the first to comment! Read more... -
Being A People Person Is All In The Brain
Written by Keiron WalshWhether you are a 'people person' or not is down to the structure of your brain, according to new research from Cambridge University.Written on Wednesday, 20 May 2009 07:14 in Misc Be the first to comment! Read more...
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To 'think outside the box,' think outside the box
Written by News ReleaseWritten on Monday, 23 January 2012 05:00 in Interesting Be the first to comment! Read more...
Want to think outside the box? Try actually thinking outside of a box. In a study to be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, researchers had… -
Bandura Bobo Doll Video
Written by Keiron WalshAlbert Bandura proposed that most behaviour develops through imitating others, although some develops through conditioning. Unlike behaviourism, however, Bandura’s theory also takes into account the role of cognition; learning can occur without a corresponding change in…Written on Sunday, 23 March 2008 11:29 in The Learning Approach 5 comments 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 7 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…