Cognitive dissonance

During senior year, I have thoroughly enjoyed taking Psychology AP and delving into the many intriguing topics that make up the course. The subject matter of this course is very interesting to me compared to some of my other classes like biology. I also believe that your teaching style has helped me learn the content well due to the topical outlines and entertaining lectures. Compared to other courses in which the teacher merely lectures in an organized fashion, this class has been very…

Mary Cover Jones was a behaviorist. She worked with Dr. Watson. Dr. Watson conducted a study of fear on a famous experiment called Little Albert. Dr. Watson researched how a person can be conditioned to fear. Mary Cover Jones attended a lecture where Dr. Watson talked about conditioning and Little Albert. Jones approached Watson and asked him about “eliminating fears” through conditioning. Dr. Watson gave her his go ahead to move forward with her idea. The idea was that Mary Cover Jones will…

Picking Up the Pieces Picking Up the Pieces is the film being produced to document my life. As I sit here thinking about what music I would like to use for the soundtrack, I start to think about all of the things that I have been through in my 40 years of life. All of those hurdles that I have had to climb over and the songs start to flow through my mind. So many songs to choose from, but as I narrow them down to the top four, I feel that I can set the mood of how I have picked up the pieces of…

Name of Psychologist Jean Piaget Field of Psychology Developmental Psychology Main Contributions Piaget’s theory of cognitive development is his theory that he theorised that the person’s childhood plays a major role in his or her development as a person. In his theory there are 4 stages, Jean Piaget was inspired by that theory when he was observing his nephew and his daughter, he concluded that children are not less smart than the adults, but they think differently compared to the adults.…

Depression: A Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective Aetiology of depression is multifactorial, with risk factors including low levels of parental warmth, high levels of family hostility, abuse and poverty (Gledhill & Hodes, 2010). Environment, cognitive and behavior are significant factors that cause the onset and duration of depression (Carvalho, Trent, & Hopko, 2011). Depression can affect all aspects of life, and may even lead to more serious problems including suicide. Although there is still a…

The theory of speech act was originally proposed by British philosopher J.L. Austin, and later American philosopher Searle made further improvements to this theory. The theory of speech act begins by studying the functions of everyday language. Austin believes that the unit of verbal communication is not a sentence, but a verbal behavior through sentences, such as thanks, warnings, promises, and so on. Austin divides speech acts into three categories: intra-behavioral behavior, illocutionary…

Cognitive Behavior Therapy techniques in conjunction with anti-psychotic medication have demonstrated effectiveness in treating positive and negative symptoms associated with schizophrenia. However, several studies suggest that CBT does not reduce relapse and readmission compared to standard care. The authors argue helping psychotic patients narrate their life stories may help reduce relapse and readmission rate. The authors outline a Narrative Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Clinicians…

The patient demonstrates acceptable cognitive processes for his age group, but the effects of bullying could lead to great insecurities and requires intervention. An intervention would be to make sure that the school is aware of the bullying. In addition the parents should monitor that the bullies…

Why Cognitive Behavioral Therapy? Growing up, I had always wanted to be a doctor. I worked hard in school, networked, and planned out my entire life by eighth grade what I wanted to do. Eventually in high school, I became anxious and depressed. My life plan of becoming a doctor destroyed the schema I had for my world. I attended counseling with a cognitive behaviorist and fell in love with the profession. As my worries became less and I took back the world that was rightfully mine, I also…

Introduction Imaginative escape is creation of images in the head, like remembering how your young life was. Visualization of the past happenings is eminent in these stories. Imagination is much eminent in the story of Araby. The narrator is filled with thoughts of his friend’s sister though the girl knows little about it as the narrator doesn’t talk much with the girl, he fears expressing his secret love to her. Physical escape is simply to put what you have imagined into action. It is…