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Understanding Experiments in Cognition

Understanding Experiments in Cognition My selected topic is based on Sauerland and Otgaar’s (2022) research study, “Teaching psychology students to change (or correct) controversial beliefs about...

Brain Modularity

Brain Modularity Summary of Journal Article 1 This is a summary of the article “Investigating how the modularity of visuospatial attention shapes conscious perception using type I and type II signal...

Problem-Solving- Popular Beliefs and Evidence

Problem-Solving- Popular Beliefs and Evidence Topic: Laypersons and scientists alike often report that after having tried to solve a problem for an entire day, “sleeping on it” led to a solution....

Ethical Dilemma For Human Service Practitioners

Ethical Dilemma For Human Service Practitioners Working with refugees and immigrants presents several ethical dilemmas for human service practitioners. The difficulty can emerge from social and...

The Psychology of Persuasion

The Psychology of Persuasion Key Findings Robert Cialdini and Steve Martin conducted a study to prove that humans can be persuaded and influenced. The key findings in their study showed that...

Breakout Session Blog-Sales Psychology

Breakout Session Blog-Sales Psychology Foot-in-the-door (FITD) is a sales technique that salespeople use to persuade a potential buyer to agree to a specific request by accepting a smaller part of...