Intro Into Psy

Why I like to Read

Rodney Jefferson

Strayer University

Intro To Psychology

PSY105132GA050-1138-001

Angelique Andrews

November 3, 2013

Why I like to Read

The thing I like doing most is to read. I like to read diverse kind of topics. It is like one of my needs. A need in literature’s terms refers to a physiological or psychological insufficiency that results in making particular results emerge appealing (Robbins, 2007).

The subfield that I believe is best suited for providing psychological insight into my preference is cognitive psychology.

Cognitive psychology is the division of psychology that analyzes cerebral procedures comprising how individuals contemplate, perceive, reminisce, and acquire.

Reading is basically an intricate cognitive method of decoding symbols with the purpose of constructing or eliciting meaning (reading comprehension). It is a process of language attainment, of communication, and of imparting data and ideas. As each language is, it is an intricate contact among the text as well as the reader which is formed by the reader’s former information, experiences, approach, and language community that is culturally and communally located. The reading process needs constant practice, development, in addition to refinement.

Reading and writing are amongst intellect stimulating behaviors displayed to pace down cognitive weakening in old age, with individuals who contributed in extra perceptually stimulating processes in their lives possessing a relaxed rate of weakening in memory and other psychological capacities.

The main emphasis of cognitive psychology is on by what means individuals obtain process and retain data. There are several concrete uses for cognitive research, for instance cultivating memory, intensifying decision-making correctness, and shaping educational curricula to improve learning.

Multiple intelligences focused processes that draw upon the reader's varied methods of thinking and perceiving to enhance his or her...