Psychology

has been the focus of many social psychology studies. It is a difficult to study and standardize because of the subjective nature of the phenomenon and the vast amount of factors which can affect it. Jessica Tracy and Alec Beall attempt to narrow down attraction in terms of gender-specific priorities of emotional expressions in the peer-reviewed article, Happy Guys Finish Last: The Impact of Emotion Expressions on Sexual Attraction, published in 2011 in the psychology journal, Emotion. In 2008,…

The story of “The Cask of Amontillado” shows indirect factors such as certain description of background, dialogic method, and human psychology. In sum, the story is all about a narrator is insulted by Fortunato, and then the narrator vows revenge. Through the plot, the readers can be able to see there is a dark side of humanity inside the narrator’s mind. Furthermore, the narrator exposes his thoughts through the conversational method so that readers can be more comfortable with the story. Thus,…

Philip Zimbardo’s TEDTalk “The Psychology of Evil” discusses the line that separates good from evil, and how any human, placed under the right circumstances, can be swayed to either side of that line. Zimbardo begins his talk by discussing the century old question “What makes people go wrong?”. While some people may argue that humans are born either intrinsically good or evil, Zimbardo refutes this claim stating how, as a young boy growing up in the Bronx, he personally witnessed many of his…

lab. Even though it was hectic sometimes, but I am still very happy because gaining more knowledge of something that really interests me will never bore me. I also think that my decision to choose social psychology lab is really a good idea because social psychology is really an area of psychology that I am really interested in and want to learn more about it. Plus, this lab really suits me because I am really interested in learning more about stereotype and…

Why is Psychology Hard? (Newer version) By Fox Rice Psychology can be very difficult to learn about whether people realize it or not. Mainly because the topics that are related to psychology can be broad and also relate to concepts that are both biological and social. In order for us to understand this subject, we must gain knowledge on it and the best way to do that is studying. There are a variety of ways that a person can study and some people have the same study habits. However, most study…

Cognitive behavioral psychology is how we think, act, feel, and interact with one another. Cognitive behavior is shown in the movie Inside Out through the A.B.C technique. A (Activating Event), B (Belief), and C (Consequence). The first showing of this is at the very beginning of the movie when Riley’s dad tried to feed her broccoli, which was the initial action, her belief was that the broccoli would not taste good, and as a consequence she rejects the broccoli and throws a fit. This behavior…

Are we humans perfectly fitted to the world we live in today? Evolutionary psychology suggests this may not be the case. An important concept in evolutionary psychology is mismatch (link is external) (1). Evolutionary mismatch occurs when the environment that organisms are adapted to, via a slow process of biological evolution, changes so quickly and intensely that it hinders these organisms to fulfill their reproductive needs. Take an example from nature. Deforestation has changed the habitats…

Psychology is known to be the science of the mind or of mental states and processes. Many works we see based on the topic of psychology have experiments done on animals, but not all psychological experiments are made to test on animals. The author discusses some of the experiment that are tested among the individuals of society. One example would be B.F Skinner’s demonstration in the “the power of reinforcement and reward to shape behavior.” One main subject covered by B.F Skinner is Operant…

Both, the Contributions of Study Skills to Academic Competence (Gettinger & Seibert, 2002) article and Experience Psychology (King, 2016) textbook explain ways which to make studying more effective surrounding the use of memory. While the article is centered mainly around how different types of students carry out their study habits, there is an explanation for the article’s statement on ‘Who studies How’ and reasoning behind the actions described in the textbook. As an individual who seeks to…

Cognitive psychology utilises computer metaphors to explain human mental processes, and provides a model in order to investigate and predict human mental functions (Pennington et al., 2003). These cognitive models attempt to explain the interior human information process (McLeod, 2015) and can be separated in 3 different interlinking areas that investigate and develop theories. Included in this list is human experimental psychology which investigates and develops theories…