Essays on Spans

Animal cognition is the mental capacity of animals as well as the study of animals’ mental capacity. The study of mental capacities of animals has stemmed from comparative psychology, which includes studying the conditioning of animals and their learning. Working memory is a major executive function that makes up the cognitive system and deals with information by providing transient holding, processing as well as manipulation. The study of working memory in animals has mainly focused on spatial memory with most of the studies trying to provide a clarification for spatial memory psychological basis together with the hippocampus role. Balda & ...

Freud’s psychosexual development phases include are five in number with each of the stages having a particular erogenous region.

Oral- this stage occurs between the period from birth to the first birthday. The erogenous region is the mouth and getting stuck in this stage means the individual will result in an immature, gullible and passive personality that is manipulative in nature (Furnham, 2015). Anal- between the first and the third birthday the bladder and bowel become the erogenous zones. It is at this phase that the ego of the child is developing and toilet training is the major experience for the child (Freud, 2010). Getting stuck in this stage the child might become obsessively neat and organized or ...

Scientists, the world over, have a common belief that over 90% of earth’s species have become extinct over the last three billion years that the planet has supported life . It is estimated that there have been at least five mass extinctions spread over millions of years at a time. The latest known mass extinction was towards the end of the Cretaceous period. It is most likely so well known because, the event which occurred over 65 million years ago, caused the end of the dinosaurs. Although in terms of the scale it was smaller than the previous four, ...

Memory is a fascinating aspect of psychology that has attracted the interest of scientists for several decades. One of the most-studied aspect of memory is short-term recall. For example, short-term recall could involve a sequence of digits, letters, or words that require a listener to both memorize for a short period of time. Two well-studied aspects of short-term memory recall are digit span and chunking. Defined simply, digit span is the number of digits in a sequence of numbers or letters that a listener can immediately recall in the correct sequence, or order, without making a mistake. When given ...

Relating Literature to Experience: Literary Masterpieces that Speak.

Literature has existed in our lives since the invention of formal standardized writing. Writers have used literature to express their thoughts and opinions on various subjects relating to human life. Fundamentally, literature has always been about relating to the human life and experiences. Literature employs elements of writing such a plot, point of view and dialogue to express the ideas of the author. In most cases, authors approach a subject by writing about experiences and using humor to pass the point across rather than approaching the subject head on. Literature has been used over time to record experiences and ...

The Suir River Bridge

Introduction Bridges are prone to harsh environmental conditions, increased traffic and loads among other physical mechanisms. Additionally, deferred maintenance contributes, majorly, to the deterioration of these bridges. For these reasons, therefore, it is important that every existing bridge is constantly subjected to assessments to determine its condition. This is important in order to determine and develop the bridge’s rating regarding the load it can hold and subsequently strengthen it to withstand more load to meet the ever increasing demands. An assessment is also fundamental in determining whether the bridge ought to be posted for the sake of public ...