Tag: mind
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Cognitive Effort and Skill Acquisition
The study of motor skill acquisition and the role of the brain has been theorized since the founding of philosophy and psychology. Increased cognitive effort or focus while learning a new skill leads to improved skill acquisition in rate of acquisition and level of mastery (Schmidt et al., 2018). In turn cognitive effort in the…
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Comparison of Theories: Generalized Motor Program Theory and Dynamical Systems Theory
As human movement is complicated yet in someways effortless many theoretical issues arise. These two theories attempt to articulate a working understanding of movement addressing the issues which are considered a challenge to movement.
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The Unconscious Mind and Self-Development
Freud felt the existence of the unconscious had to be indirectly proven (Feist et al., 2013). Freud was correct, almost 100-years later psychology has not directly proven the unconscious mind’s existence. Dreams have become the proof the unconscious exists and effects the conscious.
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General History of Psychology
What is psychology and who those who founded and developed the concepts within psychology today.
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Relationship of Anxiety in Emotion Performance
Performance is a topic of deep discussion with a desire for deeper understanding. The need for optimal performance has expanded in the modern world to all aspects of life.