Eyewitness Testimony PS 200 Eyewitness Testimony Should the testimony of one eyewitness be enough to convict the accused of a crime? The one eyewitness holds your future in their hands, which could be freedom, prison, or even death. For example, in 1982 Ricardo Guerra was sentenced to death for the murder of a police officer […]
How We Make Memories PS-200 – Unit 6 Assignment September 10, 2019 How We Make Memories Long-term memory Long term memory can be described as the maximum amount of memory that can be contained for a lifetime of experiences and knowledge. It was proposed by psychologists Atkinson and Shiffrin that the experiences and knowledge stored
The human brain can be divided into four distinct lobes – the frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital lobes. Each lobe is associated with different cognitive functions. This interactive brain map will walk you through the major cognitive functions associated with each lobe within the brain. It should be noted, however, that while this
Cognitive Psychologist on child development ages 0-2 Piaget One of the major experts on Cognitive Development Said that children go through a series of cognitive stages of development. Ages 0-2 he called the sensorimotor stage Sensorimotor Stage Birth to Age 2Learning by actions (doing, seeing, smelling, hearing, etc.) Cognitive development by interaction with the environment.