Sunday, October 27, 2013

ASSESSING THE CASE OF SOPHIE & NATHAN FROM SOPHIE'S CHOICE. A FURTHER LOOK AT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER & SCHIZOPHRENIA

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    Recently, I watched a movie called “Sophie’s Choice.” Two of the main characters are named Sophie and Nathan who live at a boardin...
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Friday, October 25, 2013

COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE: HOW SPECIFIC BRAIN STRUCTURES CAUSE CERTAIN BEHAVIOR/S

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              After reviewing several different articles and books about cognitive neuroscience, I chose to discuss   one that addresse...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

UNDERSTANDING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BELIEF PERSEVERANCE, CRITICAL THINKING & COMMON SENSE

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According to (Douglas. 2000), belief perseverance is “when people form a belief based on initial evidence, the belief will be resistant...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INDUCTIVE & DEDUCTIVE REASONING IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

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According to (Anderson. 2010), researchers have been “investigating brain areas involved in reasoning, and it suggests that people can ...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

HOW TO TREAT ATTENTION DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) (THE EXAMPLE CASE OF 8 YEAR OLD CHANTEL)

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             According to (Hunt, Marshall, 2005), “attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a disorder that affects an indivi...
Monday, October 21, 2013

HOW ANXIETY, OBSESSIONS & COMPULSIONS RELATE TO OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)

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                   Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder also known as (OCD) occurs due to causes associated with genetics, brain physiology...
Friday, October 18, 2013

WHY PUNISHMENT MAY NOT ALWAYS WORK (THE EXAMPLE CASE OF 5 YEAR OLD BEN)

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     For several years, researchers have been trying to determine whether certain consequences of behavior will have a positive or nega...