Essays on Cognitive Psychology

Have you ever wondered how people get back up with no problem after they’ve had a big setback? The secret to a better life? Why everyone is so happy? What if I told you it’s all in your head, and you’ve had the power to…

Everyone has heard the saying “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me”. Well the fact is, words do hurt, and words can sometimes be discouraging. Not only can failure be discouraging and can potentially cause a person to give…

Ever think about how each and every student are different and what makes each one of them unique? According to psychologist Carol Dweck, “all children develop a belief on their own intelligence”. In “Students’ View of Intelligence Can Help Grades” Michelle Trudeau, focuses on growth…

With all of the many moving parts of today’s demanding schedules, it is easy to miss the mark of the suggested seven to ten hours of sleep a night. In this article, it states that nearly a third of the U.S. population is not getting…

Deception is a highly debatable ethical issue in the Psychology. There have been studies that display deception in experiments as objectionable. As well as studies that display it as a necessity for a desired set of results. However, despite opinions deception is still very popular…

The word deception is an under-researched and habitually contentious topic of discussion in the realm of psychology, with most prominence being placed on deception detection. Majority of scholars use the term deception and lying interchangeably. Although some find it similar to manipulation. Deception can be…

Introduction A heuristics is a mental shortcut that allows people to solve problems and make judgments quickly and efficiently. These rule-of-thumb strategies shorten decision-making time and allow people to function without constantly stopping to think about their next course of action. Heuristics are helpful in…

Suggest some experiment suitable for studying context effects and perceptual learning for students of university of Gujarat. Give complete description that this experiment will be performed There are two general procedures associated with sensation and discernment: Bottom up processing: Base up preparing alludes to handling…

According to Psychologist Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson, those people who were believing in this paranormal thing was termed “sheep,” while those who do not believe to the existence of a non-existing creature or procedure was termed “goat” and this term was very common in the field…

Thinking Fast and Slow is a book based on Daniel Kahneman’s cognitive errors and prospect theory. This book helps readers to understand how the thinking process works. Daniel Kahneman not only exposes remarkable potential and inherent flaws of the human mind, but also offers practical…