Applied psychology

I. Client Description From observation, the client is a young adult, Caucasian female. The client reported being a junior undergraduate student studying psychology. II. Presenting Concern(s) and Systemic Implications The client talked about having issues concerning lack of readiness for life after graduation. Since the client is a junior and plans on graduating within the next two years, there are several concerning life decisions that will be made in the near future. It was mentioned that…

available to them. Learning about the psychology concepts: personality, motivation, learning, and stress help teachers understanding how to deal with students within the classroom and stress. The psychology concepts depend on another and can affect each other. When stress has taken place, teachers output to motivate students can decrease. This can be shown by the students’ behavior and outcomes on their report card or test. Lastly, psychology can be applied in all filed majors because it is the…

people. This is why there is a prevalence of technology in today’s psychology. Research and trials are being held to see how far one can use technology to solve and discover the mysteries of the mind. The use of technology in therapy and psychology has increased abundantly in the past years, causing psychologists to fervently advance this technology for the future. The first instances of the use of technology being applied to psychology were with the mapping of the brain through electrical…

implication for community psychology is that knowledge in human psychology is contextual and best obtained in the everyday settings of communities (cf. Price & Behrens, 2003; Stokes, 1997). Community Psychology is a domain, which is concerned with how the individual effects and relates to the community. Community psychology creates an alternative view to how psychology was originally studied; it was developed in the 1960s as a result of disillusionment with the way psychology was treating…

There is a well known dichotomy in science between the mind and the brain. It is a dualism of psychology and biology, where the fascinating components of life come together, to create a consciousness. Comparable to the symbiosis of a plant and its fungi, the mind and brain are integral parts of each other. Finding answers to the mysterious of the human brain is a captivating thought. It is this desire that drives my goal to understand the medical science behind the human brain, and treat its…

react to being given power over prisoners, the outcome was appalling. The experience became so realistic for the students volunteering that they went through temporary emotional trauma. The Stanford Prison Experiment has played a huge role in the psychology of human behavior for the purpose of understanding human behavior when they are given too much power, very specific people were chosen to partake in this experiment. The purpose of this prison experiment was to see what people are capable…

through my first semester as a PhD student in Applied Behavior Analysis at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. I’ve been learning about some interesting topics in my Experimental Analysis of Behavior class. I’ve never taken any previous courses on Experimental Analysis of Behavior so the topics are new to me and I enjoy sharing them with you. One of the topics we discussed last week was about stimulus control. I often refer to my “White Book” of applied behavior analysis for…

pursue. I have known for several years that I want my graduate work to be in the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders. My desire to pursue a graduate degree in this field has been enriched by a minor in Developmental Disabilities in Psychology and through volunteer…

Applied Behavior Analysis Final Written Report Off-task behavior is a common concern in classroom. Multiple researches have studied different methods to decrease off-task behaviors. For example, the teachers’ greetings may have be successful antecedent attention; teacher greeting decreased three middle school student’s need to receive attention from the teacher by being off-task. Additionally, the Keep Busy and Carry On (KBCO), a computer-assisted intervention aimed at decreasing transition…

research that was carried out on human beings during the Nazi regime, the first generally accepted code of ethics for research on humans was produced. The Nuremberg Code was formed and became the basis for future ethical codes in both medicine and psychology, and from…