The PNP3002 coursework involved choosing a relevant topic to blog about and presenting it to your peers. This discussion will relate motivational research to my experience with this form of assessment. Collaborative learning enhances critical thinking. Journal of Technology Education, 7,.

To me this seemed horrendous and it would take me a lesson to properly wake up and be able to concentrate. Sleep deprivation can be detrimental to academic and social achievement as it can lead to i.

Having seen too much daytime television over the Easter Holidays, I began to wonder whether people actually try harder when the winning stakes are higher. Would you put more effort into winning 100,000 on a television game show or beating your brother at monopoly? Lesson to be learnt trust Psychology students more than Economics students! The Economic Journal, 115,.

Tips for writing your blogs. I was very excited to read your first two blogs for this semester. Some strong stuff out there.

As a student, any research which can offer advice on how to get better grades is always welcome. As there is no c research in the area at present, It is impossible to draw any solid conclusions.

Both myself and my older brother were brought up Christian. So what could be the difference between us that caused me to disbelieve and for my brother to continue believing? Well one theory according to this New Scientist article. I think variation is the key.

How secrets can weigh us down. Does energy expenditure affect the perception of egocentric distance? A failure to replicate experiment 1 on Proffitt, Stefanucci, Banton and Epstein. Spanish Journal of Psychology, 9. The role of effort in perceiving distance.

The last blog entry for this academic year is going to explore the experiences of a man riding a unicycle and discuss whether they could be considered as a scientific observation. However, it could be argued that if their findings could be applied.

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Learning about Emotion and Motivation. The effect of emotion on cue utilization and the organization of behaviour. , and Nisbett, R. Journal of Personality and social Psychology.