From 4adeaa81faa03a4de27e3fb18c09d7dc08672f5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mxr612 Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 22:34:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] 2025-10-09 22:34:39 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit doc: A Applied Psychology/Building Community.md Applied Psychology/What is “Wicked Problem”.md, R Applied Psychology/assets/Pasted image 20250929153715.png, D Applying Psychology to Wicked Problems/PSYC10460 Week 1 Lecture 1.md, M Developmental Psychology/How infants learn and develop.md --- Applied Psychology/Building Community.md | 32 ++++++++ .../What is “Wicked Problem”.md | 28 +++++++ .../assets/Pasted image 20250929153715.png | Bin .../PSYC10460 Week 1 Lecture 1.md | 71 ------------------ .../How infants learn and develop.md | 35 +++++++++ 5 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Applied Psychology/Building Community.md create mode 100644 Applied Psychology/What is “Wicked Problem”.md rename {Applying Psychology to Wicked Problems => Applied Psychology}/assets/Pasted image 20250929153715.png (100%) delete mode 100644 Applying Psychology to Wicked Problems/PSYC10460 Week 1 Lecture 1.md diff --git a/Applied Psychology/Building Community.md b/Applied Psychology/Building Community.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..093c955 --- /dev/null +++ b/Applied Psychology/Building Community.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +--- +Course: + - PSYC10460 Applying Psychology to Wicked Problems +--- + +## Why we need communities + +Human also have a **fundamental** need to belong due to evolutionary reason. + +![Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs](assets/Pasted%20image%2020250929153715.png) + +### Loneliness and being alone + +The quality of the relationship. + +Social Media & Silent epidemic? + +### Is loneliness really increasing? + +Measurement? Evidence? + +- What Measurement: Systematic research started late: Loneliness not comparable. +- How we measure: **App Based measures, not cross-platform** +- Population: People discuss more loneliness more than before. + +### Health + +mortality of loneliness = 15 cigarettes per day + +### Sense of community + +Seymour Sarason definition: The perception that one is part of a larger, dependable, stable group. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Applied Psychology/What is “Wicked Problem”.md b/Applied Psychology/What is “Wicked Problem”.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..23dd48a --- /dev/null +++ b/Applied Psychology/What is “Wicked Problem”.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +Course: PSYC10460 Applying Psychology to Wicked Problems +--- + +### Definition of “Wicked Problem” + +A wicked problem is a complex, ill-defined challenge with no single correct solution. +Rittle & Webber (1973) +- No clear definition or end point +- Solutions are better or worse, not right or wrong +- Attempts to have lasting, unpredicable consequences +- Each problem is unique and interconnected with others +- Framing depends on values and perspectives. + +### Why Psychology? + +- Understanding human behaviour +- Expertise in complexity +- Skills in collaboration +- Focus on change +- Evidence-based approaches + +### Problems focused & Course Design + +1. building community (s1w1-5) +2. Artificial Intelligence (s1w7-11) +3. Climate Change (s2w1-5) +4. 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Artificial Intelligence (s1w7-11) -3. Climate Change (s2w1-5) -4. Resilience (s2w7-11) - -## Assessment - -- Essay - - Block 2 750-word essay 40% course unit - - Block 4 1250-word Reflective essay 60% of course unit -- Skills badges (Participation) -- Student Experiment Participation Scheme - -## Block 1: Building Community - -![Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs](assets/Pasted%20image%2020250929153715.png) - -Human also have a **fundamental** need to belong. - -Evolutionary reason. - -### Loneliness and being alone - -The quality of the relationship. - -Social Media & Silent epidemic? - -### Is loneliness really increasing? - -Measurement? Evidence? - -- What Measurement: Systematic research started late: Loneliness not comparable. -- How we measure: **App Based measures, not cross platform** -- Population: People discuss more loneliness more than before. - -### Health - -mortality of loneliness = 15 cigarettes per -day - -### Sense of community - -Seymour Sarason definition: The perception that one is part of a larger, dependable, stable group. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Developmental Psychology/How infants learn and develop.md b/Developmental Psychology/How infants learn and develop.md index e69de29..bbfaac0 100644 --- a/Developmental Psychology/How infants learn and develop.md +++ b/Developmental Psychology/How infants learn and develop.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +Course: + - PSYC10211 Introduction to Developmental Psychology +--- + +Infants learn an enormous amount in a very short space of time – a remarkable achievement enabled by a variety of learning mechanisms +### 1. Habituation & Dishabituation + +A decrease in responsiveness to repeated stimulation reveals that learning has occurred +- The infant has a memory representation of the repeated, now-familiar stimulus +- The speed with which an infant habituates is believed to reflect the general efficiency of the infant’s processing of information +- Some continuity has been found between these measures in infancy and general cognitive ability later in life +#### 1.1. looking experiment (Maurer & Maurer, 1985) + +- 3-months old – pictures of faces +- At the 1st appearance of a photo of a face, her eyes widen and she stares intently +- With 3 more presentations of the same picture, her interest wanes and a yawn appears: habituation +- By its 5th appearance, other things are attracting the baby’s attention +- When a new face finally appears, her interest in something novel is evident: dishabituation + +#### sucking experiment (Eimas, 1985) + +- Allow infant to suck on a dummy that is connected to a computer and measure baseline sucking rate – Present phoneme (/pa/) repeatedly +- Sucking rate first increases and then infant habituates (i.e., returns to baseline sucking rate) +- Present new phoneme (/ba/) – Infant dishabituates (i.e. sucking rate increases) + +### 2. Perceptual Learning + + + +### 3. Statistical Learning +### 4. Classical Conditioning +### 5. Instrumental Conditioning + +### 6. Observational Learning \ No newline at end of file