Applied psychology

Norman American Military University I chose these articles because I wanted my magazine to illustrate as many different aspects of sports psychology as possible. I included a few articles that do not directly mention sports or athletes, instead these articles discuss how techniques and research findings from sports psychology studies can be applied in ordinary work environments. In the article “Work as an Extrinsic Goal, Play as an Internal Goal”, discusses the difference of intrinsic…

field of psychology encompasses many aspects that must be dealt with on a daily basis. Psychologists and others working in the field are often faced with moral dilemmas that may cause them to question the place of morals and spirituality in psychology. Those who practice some form of religion may use their specific values and morals when it comes to finding resolutions in these situations. There still lies the question of whether religion has a place in the day-to-day practice of psychology and…

vanished. Although notable people do share one factor in common that is honesty. Lillian Moller Gilbreth is a great illustration of a woman rising up to create a change in her life and the lives of others through integrity. Her contributions to psychology, economics, industry, and business management, for women stand alone. Visualize yourself resonantly widowed, left behind with 11 children to raised, and suppressed by…

shame is rather conceptualised in other researches as an element of individual psychopathology, perceived as shame-predisposition or internalized shame. This article intends to pay attention to shame and its management from the perspective social psychology as narrow research has been found on this topic. The authors do not make specific predictions in the subject article, there is no hypothesis proposed. The article has an inductive approach, the authors investigate specific personal…

In Spörrle and Stich’s (2010) article, “Sleeping in Safe Places,” the researchers investigated people’s sleeping place preferences from the point-of-view of evolutionary psychology. Since there is little research about the topic, they focused on exploring numerous ‘testable’ predictions that originate from their fundamental hypothesis that posits people’s choices for places where they can sleep safely have changed to [sleeping] places where they think they are protected from possible aggressors…

Rhi Platt, and John Butler developed a family and school system treatment model for students that are exhibiting bullying behavior. They argue that traditionally in school, interventions have been the normal means to address bullying but for the most effective and lasting change of bullying intervention, the family must also be involved. This article is a review of the proposed treatment model that is a collaboration of school systems and family to provide help in overcoming bullying. The…

There are many research approaches available in psychology. Experimental and correlational research designs are just two of the various approaches taken into consideration for researchers. Each approach is useful and practical when applied to the appropriate situation. Though the approaches are used in different scenarios and are different in definition, they also share some similarities. Experimental research design focus is towards testing hypotheses, cause and effect relationships, and…

Forensic psychology which helps to analyze human cognition, behavior, and emotions is clinically applied in the legal system whereby it enables a better understanding of legal issues like eyewitness testimony, assessment of risks, tactics for interrogating suspects, better enforcement of law and also criminal sentencing (Costanzo & Krauss, 2015). Although psychologists work towards understanding and predicting human behavior, successful prediction of complex decisions remain challenging. Greene…

Mechanization, naturalism, and humanitarian reform are also considered modern intellectual developments that paved the way for psychology as a system of ideas (King et al., 2009). Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) produced the first map of the mind which became to be known as phrenology. This was the first attempt to map brain functions, although modern brain imaging technology has debunked his theories as being inaccurate and overly simplified. Naturalism asserts that all phenomenon are…

world through observation and experiment just as when we are taught about psychology we learn experiments have been done to test theories. Psychology is defined as the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context. Right there in the definition is the word scientific so I believe that right there is proof enough that psychology is a science. Through many…