Tag: psychology
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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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Research Ethics: Dual Relationship Case Study
This paper will discuss a case study where Researcher A and Participant B became involved in an unethical situation, the actions of Researcher A and Participant B, what should have been the correct actions taken and how to prevent such a situation in the future. While the situation is not uncommon the actions taken by…
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Phenomenological Research Methods
Husserl’s phenomenological method has caused a conversation of how empirical data can come to be. As Husserl believed phenomenology could lead to empirical data claiming understanding (Englander, 2012) Husserl’s work in phenomenology has not ceased by those who’ve followed after him. As a result, several variations of phenomenological research methods have emerged. Of those, two…
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Ethical Influences and Influencers
The legal landscape is complicated and constantly changing within the United States of America and within each state for many fields including psychology, counseling, and advertising. With a complex and changing set of regulation, regulatory boards, requirements, and maintenance of licensure a challenge is presented to psychologists to stay current with regulations and the effects…
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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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A Christian Worldview and Research
Since the enlightenment there has been a transition in science promoting the idea there is no place for Christianity within scientific research. The secular humanistic movement has attempted to convince scientists and onlookers, science is pure while Christianity is bias with a belief in a non-scientific God. To claim its purity researchers have established the…
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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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Applied Behavior Analysis and Organizational Behavior Management
ABA and OBM have key benefits to the person and to society. The key benefits of ABA include; single subject focus, the application of what is known and discovered within behaviorism, the focus of results benefiting the subject. The key benefits of OBM include; application of ABA on individual and organizational levels, prevention of safety…
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Origins and Development Applied Behavior Analysis
Behavioral psychology has a long history in philosophy and the works of the ancients Greeks. Formally, behavioral psychology started to develop with Sigmund Freud’s work with the insane.
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First Three Waves of Psychology
The first three waves of psychology were formed in a short amount of time but contribute to the rich history of thought and desire for understanding psychology was founded with. As early as ancient recorded times as man started to reason signs can be seen of man attempting to work out its existence and its…