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The Diverse Nature of Psychology Nicole Celencevicius Capstone Course in Psychology/Psy490 September, 26, 2011 Dr. Susan Ellis-Slavich The Diverse Nature of Psychology Psychological is a very diverse field. The field of psychology is broken into four major theoretical perspectives; the psychodynamic perspective, the humanistic perspective, the cognitive-behavioral perspective, and the family systems perspective (Plante, 2011)….

Cultural psychology can be defined as the study of a set of attitudes, behaviors, and symbols shared by a large group of people that are normally passed down from one generation to the next ( Shiraev & Levy, 2010). Cross-Cultural(CC) psychology is the study of critical and comparative effects on human psychology across diverse cultures…

Meeting these new girls, who showed interest in gaining a friendship with Sarah caused her to question her good judgment when it came to obeying the rules set forth by her parents, which she followed in the past. She has never missed her curfew in the past. Wanting to fit in with these new friends…

Psychology is evolved from philosophy, science, medicine and theology. Psychology evolved out of a range of scientific disciplines and referred as philosophy or the idea of data. Psychology was a combination of physics, physiology and mental philosophy in the beginning. Egypt and Egyptian mystery system are the roots of form the psychology. Understanding and measuring…

Mass media, stratification’s, listening and comprehending – these are all parts of social psychology and influence how we interact with each other and behavior, whether we realize it or not. We participate in these actions of listening and silently forming responses, or get swayed by advertisements for things we don’t need, and are never really…

I selected psychology as one of my majors (with biology being the other one) because it is something that has interested me from a young age. My stepfather is a psychology major, and now works for the Transportation Security Administration. Growing up, I would often hear his two cents on certain matters–his thoughts on certain…

Less than fifteen years ago, it was a known fact that the neural connections in the adult brain were hard-wired and the specific neurons in each brain area were only for that region’s form and function. Neuroscientists also believed that brain injury resulted in permanent loss of function because new neurons could not be created….

Sensory process, the skin senses. Sensory process: The skin senses Skin senses are sensory systems for processing touch, warmth, cold, texture, and pain. They begin with external contact but then are transformed after being picked up by the nerve endings in the skin. The sensitivity is greatest on people’s faces, tongues, and hands, allowing for…

Women have made many contributions to the advancement of psychology, many of which have gone without notice until recent times, and some of which still goes unidentified in the field of psychology. The mention of women in the early development of psychology usually refers to them as minor contributors to a field that at one…

A hypothesis is a specific prediction about how one variable is related to another. Must be falsifiable. Must be operationally defined. Stated in observable, measurable terms. Allows for replication. Types of Research Strategies The Observational Method: Describing Social Behavior Researchers measure and record observable behavior of participants as it occurs in its natural state or…