Self Reflection In Psychology

The first chapter was very informative in the understanding of psychology. It made me want to rethink of how I perceive myself and others. Even though I learned about scientific research and observations in school and how to apply them to science experiments. I never thought about applying this to people, but after I did this it changed how I viewed people. An example of this is when I would sit at a park and do what I would call people watching. At first glance looking at everyone they would seem to be doing the same thing. Just walking through the park, but when you look closely at each individual you would notice that they aren’t all the same. I would carefully study each individual noticing what makes them different. Then I would ask myself …show more content…
I have before about hypnosis, but I always thought of it as being a magic trick. I have only seen it performed twice, and it seemed to be for the purpose of entertainment. A volunteer would get on stage and the performer would put them in a sleep like state. While the volunteer was in this state the entertainer would give them a set of tasks to do when they heard a certain noise. Next the entertainer would wake the volunteer. The volunteer was unaware of any of the tasks that were given. Now the entertainer would make a noise producing the volunteer to carry out the assigned task to that noise. The one I was most amazed at was when the entertainer would ring a bicycle bell it would cause the volunteer to act like a duck. The volunteer had no idea why they were doing this, and I found it to be quite funny. After reading the chapter I found that hypnosis can be a powerful tool in psychology. It could benefit one’s physical abilities, memory, help with amnesia, pain relief, and with sensory changes. The problem with this is that not everyone is susceptible to hypnosis. “About 75 percent of people can be hypnotized, but only 40 percent will be good hypnotic participants” (Coon & Mitterer, 2016, p. 167). This has a lot to with the person being hypnotized than it would be with the …show more content…
I knew if I didn’t get enough sleep the night before I would have trouble focusing and just didn’t feel like myself. These are a few symptoms of sleep deprivation. On a few occasions I thought it would be a good idea to stay up most of the night and hangout with my friends. Knowing well that I had to be up at five the next morning for work. We would stay up to about two in the morning just socializing or playing games like poker, cards against humanity, or some type of board game. Thinking that If I get just a couple of hours of sleep I would be good to go in the morning. When I woke up I felt a little tired, but nothing from the normal. As my day went on at work I would start to realize that I was becoming distracted easily and could not focus on the task at hand. Then as my 12-hour shift started to slow down allowing me to finally sit down. I would really start to feel the effects. I would either find myself starring at the computer screen with no idea of what I had to do or I would slowly start to nod off. I did this several times before I finally realized that there could be serious side effects and/or repercussions if you don’t get enough