Cognitive Psychology (Please remember this is due Thursday of your first week of class, no late discussions will be given credit unless you have a valid accommodation on file. The goal of this discussion forum is to offer you an introduction to the field of cognitive...
Cognitive Psychology Attention and Perception Prior to completing this assignment, please read Chapter 3 carefully. View the video The Study of Attention (Links to an external site.), and review the article Driven to Distraction: Dual-Task Studies of Simulated Driving and Conversing on a Cellular Telephone. Then complete...
Cognitive Psychology Psycholinguistics Language is an important tool for storing, organizing, and retrieving information that has been acquired throughout one’s life, as well as for thinking, modifying, and sharing such information with others. Thus, researchers ask many questions about language and its use. For this assignment, complete...
Cognitive Psychology Understanding Experiments in Cognition It is reasonable to admit that in four weeks you have been exposed to a great deal of information about the human mind! This assignment will give you the opportunity to examine how the knowledge that you have acquired during the...
Memory Errors in Real Life Laypersons are often unaware of the extent to which memory errors (including memory of events that did not occur and memory distortions) are commonplace and widespread. The purpose of this assignment is to make you think of not only memory errors...
Cognitive Psychology Understanding Memory Loss Memory loss is frightening. The purpose of this assignment is to make you think of memory loss realistically. Complete the steps listed below: Watch the video, Living Without a Memory (Links to an external site.), which provides an overview of memory and discusses...
Psychopharmalogical Approaches to Treat Psychopathology Assessing and Treating Patients With Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder is a unique disorder that causes shifts in mood and energy, which results in depression and mania for patients. Proper diagnosis of this disorder is often a challenge for two reasons: 1) patients...
Psychopharmalogical Approaches to Treat Psychopathology Assessing and Treating Vulnerable Populations for Depressive Disorders To prepare for this Assignment: Review this week’s Learning Resources, including the Medication Resources indicated for this week. Reflect on the psychopharmacologic treatments you might recommend for the assessment and treatment of pediatric patients requiring antidepressant...
Psychopharmalogical Approaches to Treat Psychopathology As a psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner, before you can recommend potential pharmacotherapeutics to address a patient’s condition or disorder, you must understand the basic function and structure of the neuron and central nervous system. For this Assignment, you will...
Psychopharmalogical Approaches to Treat Psychopathology Treatment for a Patient With a Common Condition Insomnia is one of the most common medical conditions you will encounter as a PMHNP. Insomnia is a common symptom of many mental illnesses, including anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, and ADHD (Abbott, 2016). Various studies...