Discussion Board #1 Psychology- Hannah Daniels by Hannah Daniels

HFC Acedemic Integrity Policy

hgdaniels — 2024-10-31 16:26:03 UTC

I promise to abide by the hfc acedemic integrity policy, and to not use any arificial intelligence unless instructed otherwise.

hgdaniels — 2024-10-31 16:49:13 UTC

This website shares information about the benefits of positivity it can have on your body, as well as the effects of negativity. Some benefits of positivity include boosting your immune system, lowers your stress levels, and helps improve sleep quality. Some effects of negativity include headaches, muscle pain, and a reduced sex drive. By increasing positivity in your life, you can enjoy life better and help build up your self-esteem. There are many ways to bring about more positivity in your life such as focusing on yourself and doing activities that you enjoy. In chapter 2.1 of the textbook, you learn that endorphins are a chemical that helps elevate your mood and reduce pain. You also learn that the neuron is what releases these endorphins which plays a part in how positivity works in the brain.

PTSD

hgdaniels — 2024-10-31 16:59:01 UTC

The Ai tool I used is called perplexity and it shared a lot of information about the topic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a mental health disorder that is developed by experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. Such traumatic events include combat, natural disasters, sexual assault, serious accidents, or a loss of a loved one. There are 4 main groups of PTSD symptoms, which include intrusion (flashbacks, nightmares), avoidance (avoiding anything related to the trauma event), changes in mood and cognition, and arousal and reactivity (difficulty sleeping, startled responses). Symptoms begin within 3 months of the trauma event or can also come about years later as well. The exact cause of PTSD is unknown, but many factors can contribute such as personal history, nature of the trauma, and biological factors. There are several treatments for PTSD, which are cognitive behavioral therapy, medications, and support groups.

Compare and Contrast

hgdaniels — 2024-10-31 17:06:34 UTC

On page 88 of the textbook, it introduces a mental illness named post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The textbook offers a very quick overview of PTSD, "PTSD's essential feature is the development of characteristic symptoms following exposure... which generally compounds the problem". The AI tool perplexity offered a more detailed description of PTSD by sharing symptoms, treatments options, and helps explain possible causes. The AI also shared similar information to the textbook as well, for example, the definition was very similar. For the main part, the AI tool was much more helpful when it comes to specifically learning about PTSD, and the effects it could have on a person.

A time I experienced operant conditioning

hgdaniels — 2024-10-31 17:14:15 UTC

A time I experienced operant conditioning was when I was about 4 years old. Operant Conditioning is typically learning from consequences from a certain behavior. My sister and I were jumping on our parent's bed, and when I went to go jump down off the bed, I fell and hit my face on my mom's nightstand. There was a small gash in the middle of my forehead, and I was bleeding quite a bit. The gash is now a decent sized and a very noticeable scar. I would say I've learned my lesson about not jumping on beds, especially when you were told not to. I have not jumped on a bed since, I'm too scared of falling and splitting my face open again.

Positive or negative reinforcement or punishment?

hgdaniels — 2024-10-31 17:23:07 UTC

My experience of operant conditioning was a positive punishment. A positive punishment is adding or presenting a stimulus, decreasing the likelihood that a certain behavior will occur again. The stimulus I was presented was the gash on my forehead from doing the behavior, jumping on the bed. I would also argue that the scar is also the stimulus because now I have to see it every day, and it makes me feel insecure when I know people can see it. So, seeing the scar has also decreased any want for me to jump on anything again, such as a trampoline.

Based on the 2 questions above

hgdaniels — 2024-10-31 17:30:38 UTC

Both acquisition and generalization are examples for my story of operant conditioning. Aquisition relates because now all grown up, I link jumping on anything now to falling off the bed and splitting my face open, almost as if it will happen every time. I linked a response with the consequence of jumping on the bed. Generalization relates because I will take a new stimulus and act as though it's still me splitting my face open, again thinking as if it's going to happen again. Though it's not true, I don't want another scar on my face so ill avoid any possibility

AI

hgdaniels — 2024-10-31 17:36:23 UTC

This was my first time using any sort of AI, and I found it very helpful and interesting. I think it was more helpful than other areas I gain information from because it offered so much information about a topic in such little time and little space. There wasn't much to read, but I was still able to understand PTSD very well. I will definitely use AI research tools again in the future because of how much it helped on this assignment.