Essays on Cognitive Psychology

The design process and designer are believed to only consider the ‘pretty’ aspects or properties of a designed artefact, however, this is far from the truth. The design is much more than this as it involves some consideration for cognitive psychology. The Stimulus-Response Model The...

Caffeine is a substance that elicits pharmacological changes in the human body. It is one of the most frequently ingested substances in the world, strongly imbedded in cultures worldwide in different forms. It is found in beverages like coffee, tea and soft drinks, in chocolate...

Does stress and disturbance in sleep duration affect quality of sleep? Numerous research studies have been done on quality of sleep and factors that influence this. Quality of sleep has an influence on general health and quality of life, to function or perform optimally the...

Most people believed that women were delicate and prone to madness if overstressed. Her husband who is a physician does not think his wife is sick but, he disagrees he think she is suffering from temporary nervous depression, her brother even agreed with her husband,...

In this essay, I will look at an intervention used to help young people who suffer from mental health issues such as, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post–traumatic stress disorder. The intervention I have chosen to focus on is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)....

According to Dweck, “Many students believe that intelligence is fixed, that each person has a certain amount, and that’s that.” All that really means is people don’t realize that you aren’t just born good at something. Throughout my school career, until college, I always had...

The multistore model of memory was proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968) They proposed that memory consisted of three stores: a sensory register, short-term memory and long-term memory. Information enters into the sensory register, and if attended to will become a short-term memory, then, through...

Introduction Priming is a phenomenon that occurs when exposure to one stimulus affects responses to a later stimulus (e.g., seeing a dog triggers buying dog food at the convenience store). Semantic priming is a type of priming where the prime (initial stimulus) is semantically—linguistically or...

ABSTRACT Architectural design has always been interdependent on human psychology. All human beings are unique and so are their abilities to perceive & absorb from their environment. Human Psychology starts developing as soon as a baby is conceived till death and keeps evolving from birth...

Children are unable to dispassionately review their list of physical and psychological characteristics. They are able to see themselves as being good or bad. The development of self-esteem in middle childhood is a crucial growth factor. Now, children automatically compare themselves to the standards society...

What is LONELINESS? It is not about being on your own. Many people enjoy being on their own and would choose this for themselves for at lest part of the time. They enjoy having their own space. They do not feel the need to have...

Nowadays, new techniques such as neuromarketing steps forward to evaluate consumer’s behavior based on different brands, advertising or buying environments. These neuromarketing techniques can help to evaluate the hidden reasons that are responsible for specific costumer behaviors and explain what is happening inside the brain...

Understanding the psychology behind the way you behave and treat others can be very useful in your daily life. Here’s the most surprising psychology facts that can help you understand yourself and others better. Check out number 20. Any friendship that begins in the period...

Discussing whether a behaviour is innate or not is to assess whether this aspect is ‘a quality or ability that you were born with, not one you have learned’. Innate suggests a biological link and that aggression is inherent in the essential character of humans,...

Psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus was the pioneer of Cognitive Psychology, which has a long past with a very short history. The part of human thinking has always been an elemental focus of interest. An Even ancient philosopher such as Aristotle was interested in understanding the mechanics...

During a games’ week in high school, I decided to participate in a marathon with the hope of winning. The race was tough, but I managed to keep up my pace and be among the top four people leading in the race. As I approached...

Introduction The report discusses informal fallacies and cognitive biases, covering their definitions and explanations with examples followed by highlighting how cognitive biases cause us to engage in informal fallacy. Then it discusses some socio-political issues in which informal fallacies are manipulative and persuasive and as...

Introduction In order to overcome behavioural problems such as fear or anxiety that may be caused for example by phobias depression etc., individuals interact and communicate with their family members and trusted friends or seek professional help with a counsellor. There are relatively simple forms...

Inhibitory control is the ability to voluntarily inhibit prepotent attentional or behavioural responses. Per Barkley (1997a), inhibitory control is the basis of proper functioning of all the executive functions, as well as it being one of the most used cognitive function. It is the way...