Week 1 Discussion Psychology - Discuss the role of higher-level or cognitive

week 1 discussion psychology

part one.

After watching the two videos below, discuss the role of higher-level or "cognitive" processes in perception. Then describe a situation in which you initially thought you saw or heard something, but then realized that your initial perception was in error. What was the role of bottom-up and top-down processing in this process of first having an incorrect perception and then realizing what was actually there?

Support your belief and use specific examples. You may refer to your assigned Week 1 readings or draw on scholarly online resources. The latter must be academic in nature (e.g. from the APUS online library) and not from pop culture and/or commercial websites, blogs, opinion sites, ect.

Sensation and Perception: Crash Course Psychology #5

Cognition - How Your Mind Can Amaze and Betray You: Crash Course Psychology #15

Part 2.

For this Discussion, in your Initial Post you will share with your classmates your observations from your research on Developmental and Personality Psychology as subspecialties and career options.

Please be sure to address EACH subspecialties in your response to each question. Points will be deducted if both subspecialties are not clearly and separately addressed for each question.

1) List at least four careers for each of these areas of psychology.
2) After researching these areas, did you find any careers that interested you? Why or why not?
3) What did you find to be the most interesting aspect about of these subspecialties in psychology?