IQ, EQ and Creative Thinking.
IQ. The abbreviation “IQ” was coined by the psychologist William Stern for the German term Intelligence quotient. IQ was a score obtained by dividing a person’s mental age score, obtained
Category: Cognitive Processes
How Sex Differences affect Cognitive Abilities?
Introduction Sex differences in cognition, or mental abilities, are widely studied in the current scientific literature. Biological and genetic differences in combination with environment and culture have resulted in the
Cognitive Psychology – Explaining Cognitive Phenomena
Introduction Cognitive Phenomena – All forms of knowing and awareness, such as perceiving, conceiving, remembering, reasoning, judging, imagining, and problem solving. It is one of the traditionally identified components of
Popular Theory of the 6 Basic Emotions by Paul Ekman
The word emotion is derived from the Latin word ‘mot’ which means ‘to move’. In this article we will go through the 6 Basic Emotions by Paul Ekman. Emotions are
Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligence
What is Intelligence? The word intelligence derives from the Latin word intelligere which means to comprehend or to perceive. It is the most basic meaning. In this article we will particularly focus on Gardner’s Theory
What is Attention? It’s Definitions, History, Process, Types, etc
May I have your Attention please!!! A large number of stimuli hit upon our sense organs simultaneously, but we do not notice all of them at the same time. Only
Research Methods to study Cognitive Psychology
Following are the best Methods to study cognitive psychology. Naturalistic Observation Introspection or Self Report Experiments or Laboratory/ Controlled Observation Quasi-Experiments Neuropsychological tools Let’s see Methods to study cognitive psychology
Fascinating History of Cognitive Psychology!
Why we need to study History of Cognitive Psychology? Two things- First, there are various schools of psychology like Structuralism, Functionalism, Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism etc, still this school of psychology emerge
What is Sensation & its simple types as per psychophysics?
We all have sensed so many things in our daily life like cold, hot, bright, painful, exciting, etc. What do we use our senses for; for example nose for smell,
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)