Discursive psychology

When I had graduated from high school I was already being recruited by dozens of schools for football, wrestling and baseball. Because I knew I was going to receive a scholarship I had been thinking about what I want to major in. I asked my brother who is one of my biggest role models what he thought about his degree in criminology. He said it was nice, but he wishes he had more professional options, which lead me to thinking a degree in sociology would be more balances and give me more…

'Effective classroom routines are procedural representations of a teacher 's expectations, used to manage social behaviour and support the conditions for pupils ' engagement with learning. ' Critically discuss. For the purpose of this discussion I would like to introduce a case study from one of my early voluntary placements in which the names of all participants have been changed. The antecedent was Mrs Jennings telling Chloe, a Year 2 child she had previously warned me was 'problematic,…

Identifying the Similarities of Group Therapy in a Romantic Comedy Thanks for Sharing is a romantic comedy that deals with real life issues. It encompasses many of the elements that will present themselves during group therapy. In fact, the movie addresses relationships among group members, group leaders, mentors, sponsors and their role in assisting each other refrain from inappropriate behavior. It ties into the concept, each one teach one and the energy it requires to be accountable…

Social intelligence is a construct used in a variety of literature. While non-academic literature takes a more liberal approach to this term, academic literature debates over defining this concept and whether or not social intelligence is intelligence. However, there is still conflict in defining intelligence (Legg & Hutter, 2007). There are multiple definitions of intelligence. Many of which have common elements, such as defining intelligence as a capacity to adapt to and interact with…

1. Identify and discuss school context factors that might inform potential management problems. School contextual factors are shaped and influenced by socio-economic and cultural aspects of the local community. Amber’s school has to negotiate and manage a number of elements; very high number of students from Non- English speaking backgrounds, an economically disadvantaged community, students with low levels of numeracy and literacy skills and high teacher turnover. Students at Amber’s school…

Perceived barriers refer to tangible and psychological tangible and/or psychological costs of advised action (Rosenstock, 1974). One’s perceptions about the availability and effectiveness of the advised action may also influence the individual. For example, perceived barriers of HH may include inaccessible HH supplies, irritating HH agents, lack of knowledge, forgetfulness, decreased cognitive function, mobility or motor function. Cues to action activate one’s readiness to act and stimulate…

In recent years, new discoveries in technology have gained an increasing role in making tasks easier and faster to perform. Keeping databases, sending emails, and communicating around the world are only some of the examples that technology can do. It also has a strong impact on education, especially with the use of online textbooks, online classrooms and assignments, online databases for learning purposes, and so forth. However, some critics believe that technology has become one of the main…

To have a mind is to be self-conscious of yourself, and also the world and its experiences. To be a machine is to be a tool which uses energy to perform a specific or multiple functions. Whether a machine can have this attribute is a matter up for debate, and my personal response is that a machine is not capable of having a mind. Due to machines not having brains along with our poor understanding of the mind itself, and due to machines lacking the ability to understand, I am in firm belief of…

The human drive to give everything a name comes off as more than a little bit anal, yet, without the ability to convey the essence of an object, it seems like, for practical reasons, the naming of things will have to persist. Indeed, how else would I tell you that I love apples, ask if you’ve met my friend, Barry, or tell you it was cloudy when I went skiing? In the sense that names foster familiarity with objects, the words, which symbolize their real-world referents, can be seen as assuaging…

All other situations are private and only shared with necessary people with the permission of the parents or the child. Multiple-Role Relationships Psychologists often find themselves in relationships that service more than one purpose. This can cause conflict and potentially be unethical, so psychologists need to be aware of the rules for multiple-role relationships and go about them in a ethical way. Having a relationship, whether it is preexisting or new, with someone that you work with…