Some Skills For Studying Psychology - 1185 Words

Some Skills for Studying Psychology (SSSP) (2) Mindfulness Video 1. The essence of Dan Harris’s personal message regarding mindfulness meditation is that meditation is good for the brain. It helps to tame the voices individuals hear in their mind. It is a good form of exercise for the brain and consents the brain to relax from everyday stressing thoughts. Blood pressure decreases and improves the immune system. 2. (a). In the book â€Å"The healing power of meditation: Leading experts on Buddhism, psychology, and medicine explore the health benefits of contemplative practice.†, in the â€Å"Chapter: Meditation and Neuroscience†, neuroscientist Sara Lazar shows results in her investigation in a MRI scan, which shows that the grey matter in the†¦show more content†¦It may change the effect the independent variable has on the dependent variable. (d). Retrospective measure: A measure in which the data collected was formed through the use of past events and the recollection of what had happened in the experiment. 2. The primary research question that the paper is attempting to investigate is whether or not going under training to prevent mind wandering will help the mind to focus on the task on hand. The paper is investigating whether external distractions may be reduced with the use of a mindfulness training course. It is exploring whether decreasing external distractions to keep the mind concentrated on a task may improve and enhance cognitive performance. 3. The primary hypothesis of this investigation is that through the decrease of mind wandering, performance in tests, Working Memory Capacity (WMC) and Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) will improve. When the mind is trained to focus on a task, it will lead to the improvement in the results in the academic ability tests, which signifies an improvement in cognitive capacity and performance. The independent variables in this experiment is the level of mindfulness training that is received. The dependent variables in this experiment are accuracy on verbal graduate record examinations (GRE), Working memory capacity, Probe-caught task-unrelated thoughts (TUT’s), Retrospective self-reported TUT’s during performance of the working memory capacity measure and self-caught