Posted Parenting Styles to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
It's often hard to imagine the effects on environment on children. It can be frightening to understand that a rearing environment can play a critical role in not only shaping their personality but attachment styles and ultimately their life...
Posted The use of intelligence testing: does it really work? to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
Intelligence testing often plays a large role in college admissions as well as career choices. The rationale behind this is that intelligence tests are highly reliable in predicting future outcomes. Individuals with higher IQ scores frequently have higher mental...
Posted Violent Video Games and Aggression? to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
What about the children? Many decisions we make concerned with the future focus on one important aspect; children are considered the future, and therefore we must consider their benefit when making decisions. One problem in particular concerns the role of...
Posted Memory in the Troy Davis Case to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
Seldom in our lives do we enjoy being proven wrong however; Elizabeth Loftus, who has extensively studied memory using suggestive techniques, has uncovered startling evidence that we may be wrong more often than right. Loftus played a critical role...
Posted Who is in charge of your decisions? to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
In the BBC Horizon: The Secret You, Oxford mathematician Marcus De Sautoy delves into the realm of consciousness. He subjects himself to various tests in order to explore this matter thus posing the final question: who is in charge...
Posted Behavioral Designs in Nature vs Nurture to Section 16 and 17 F11 PSY 1001
Human behavior in psychology is often multiply determined. As a result, it is difficult to distinguish between the causes of psychological behavior. More specifically, it is often difficult to differentiate between genetic and environmental causes. However, being able to tell...
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