Health and Psychology Insights

Role strain is when a person feels stressed or tense because they are having a hard time meeting the demands of a specific role they have, like being a parent, employee, or student. Understanding role strain helps us see the pressures people face in different social positions, especially in today’s… Read More »Role Strain: The Stress of Multiple Roles

In psychology, the idea of an unconditioned response (UR) is very important, especially in classical conditioning. An unconditioned response is a natural reaction that happens automatically when something specific causes it, known as an unconditioned stimulus (US). Unlike conditioned responses, which we learn over time through experiences, unconditioned responses are… Read More »Unconditioned Response in Psychology: Pure Reactions

Stimulus generalization is an important idea in behavioral psychology that helps explain how living beings learn and adjust to their surroundings. It means that when something is trained to respond to a specific trigger, it might also react to things that are similar, but not exactly the same. This concept… Read More »Stimulus Generalization: The Broad Spectrum of Responses

Hemispatial Neglect, also called unilateral neglect or spatial neglect, is a brain condition where a person ignores one side of their surroundings. This often happens after a stroke or brain injury, usually affecting the right side of the brain and causing the person not to notice things on their left… Read More »Hemispatial Neglect: When half the world goes unnoticed

Memory is a key part of how we think, helping us keep and use information over time. To improve our memory, experts have found different techniques. One helpful method is called elaborative rehearsal. This technique is more than just repeating information; it involves making deeper, meaningful connections with what we’re… Read More »Elaborative Rehearsal: The art of making learning stick

Memory is a key part of how we think, helping us learn, find our way around, and communicate with others. One important way memory works is through maintenance rehearsal, which helps us keep information in our short-term memory. This article will explain what maintenance rehearsal is, how it works, why… Read More »Maintenance Rehearsal: Repeat to Remember

The human brain is amazing and can do many different things that help us understand and move around in our world. One important part of this ability is called working memory, which holds and handles information for a short time. A key part of working memory is the visuospatial sketchpad.… Read More »Visuospatial Sketchpad: Where images become memories

Alan Baddeley and Graham Hitch introduced the working memory model in 1974, where the central executive plays a crucial role. This model changed how we think about short-term memory by showing it as an active system with several parts, instead of just one simple storage area. The central executive is… Read More »Central Executive Psychology: Control center of your mind