How do psychologists actually go about the task of adding to our knowledge about human behavior? Primarily, you’ll soon see, through the use of three basic procedures: observation, correlation and experimentation. 1. Observation: Describing the World around Us: One basic technique for studying behavior—or any other aspect of the world—involves carefully observing it as it […]
How do Psychologist Learn about Human Behaviour? | Psychology
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Memory Distortion and Memory Construction | Psychology
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A growing body of evidence suggests that the information entered into memory is often altered in various ways over time—and these alterations can reduce its accuracy and change its meaning. Such changes fall under two major headings- memory distortion, alterations in what is retained and later recalled, and memory construction, the addition of information that […]
Functions of Memory | Psychology
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We generally use memory for very different purposes in our daily lives. Let’s see what psychologists have discovered about how memory functions in natural contexts. Three topics are of special interest- repression of emotionally traumatic events, autobiographical memory, and memory for emotional events. Repression: “What’s Too Painful to Remember, We Simply Choose to Forget”: Do […]