Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Psychology Ch.1
Psychological science is an empirical science where you learn how the mind works. The mind controls your thoughts while the brain is more physical stuff like breathing and making sure your heart stays beating. there are four levels there is biological, individual, social, and culturual. Woman have made important findings in psychology but not tell recently that they have been taken seriously in there findings. Criticle thinking is a way of thinking and looking at stuff. I think your critical thinkings skills can improve if you learn more about psychology because you understand how your mind works and how you can improve it. MRF watches the utilization of oxygen by the brain to see what parts of the brain are working at what times. Empirical is something that you learn through your senses and psychology is lot of uses of the senses. Over time the brain has adapted by learning new languages and stuff like that. Psychologist and therapist both use knoledge from psychological science.
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-I think you meant fMRI instead of MRF. Good, don't forget that these topics each require at least two sentences (1/2)
2. what “empirical means and how psychology is an empirical science
Good (2/2)
3. an example of the adaptive value of the mind
-Hmm... go on to explain how learning a new language is adaptive (1/2)
4. when psychology became a discipline and the two main founders of it
-I don't think this topic is addressed (0/2)
5. how at least two professions make use of psychological knowledge
-Your examples work, but you need to say how they use psychological knowledge (1/2)
Questions
1. What is psychological science?
-Good, say more. These questions require at least a paragraph for each. (1/4)
2. How are the mind and brain related to each other?
-Good, say more. (1/4)
3. What are levels of analysis, and how are these levels illustrated by human use and experience of music?
-Yes, but you need to use music as an example. (1/4)
4. What is the role of women in the discipline of psychology, and how has it changed since the late 19th century?
-Good, give some examples (1/4)
5. What is critical thinking, and how can you improve your critical thinking abilities as you study psychology?
-Yes, say more. What are some elements of thinking critically? (2/4)
total: 11/30. Just be sure to answer all parts of the question and make sure your answers are long enough and have examples from the text or your notes.