Discursive psychology

Mental health can be defined as “our emotional, psychological, and social well-being”. Our mental health affects how we think, feel, and act as individuals. It helps us handle stress (or not handle stress),relate to others (have difficulty relating to others), and make choices on a day to day basis (What Is, 2016). There are many things that contribute and shape your mental health like your biology and brain chemistry, life experiences that can be either negative and traumatic or positive and…

Critically analyse and evaluate a range of behaviour management strategies and their effectiveness for both learners and teachers in a contemporary education setting. In 1987, the Professional Association of Teachers expressed trepidations regarding discipline in Britain’s schools. More than two decades on, the management of difficult and disruptive behaviour continues to be an issue in classrooms (Swinson and Cording, 2002; Watkins, 2011). Inappropriate behaviour affects the classroom climate…

For this exam I have chosen to talk about hero. When you think of a hero, you think of someone that saves and protects the city and the ones he cares about from evil. Well, in an alcoholic family a hero is somewhat the same but not as much as your typical hero. A hero in an alcoholic family usually plays the role of the oldest child. They are successful inside the family circle and also being successful outside of it too. The hero is the one that provides those moments of hope and pride for…

You are not alone, only if you want to be! Suicide does not have to be your destiny. Have you ever felt that you are in a dark circle struggling to survive without any escape? Think again. There is a way out. There will always be a hand willing to pull you out into brightness. “I became angry from wanting to die, failed attempts, and just being fed up with people,” said Brett A. Scudder a suicide attempt and domestic violence survivor. Scudder explained that one night in particular he was…

Psychology researchers used variety of methods to produce valid and reliable studies about human behaviour. Deriving from the second, sixth and seventh chapters of Investigating Psychology, this essay will discuss about the different approaches to studying the effect of obedience on people behaviour, children social actions and friendships, and how neuropsychology studied the way the brain work and control the cognitive process of language, using the technologically advanced methods or not using…

I have a memory of sitting in my elementary classroom doodling on a page on my desk and uninterested in what the teacher was teaching. Suddenly I look up from my doodles and realize that the teacher has moved on to a new subject and I have no clue what is happening. Some elementary school teachers move from subject to subject throughout the day and hope that the students are able to jump from subject to subject with the teacher. There is now an instructional method that allows the teacher to…

Freud and the unconscious has always played a significant role in psychology as people know it today, and Greenwald is evidence that the unconscious prevailed. The Banse and Greenwald, (2007) study presumes that one motivation to inquire about the hypothesis that individuals are involved in unconscious reasoning is that…

How to Let Go of Painful Memories Yesterday was the past; It is gone and will never again be. We often believe that there really is not much we can do about the past. Some people smile when seeing something that reminds the past. Other are too scared to think about it. We know that the most emotional memory that people will never be able to forget is the result of cued recall about our memories. My friend, Sam almost drowned when I pushed him down into the river. I am scared to remember about…

Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s, which at its worst case is referred to as dementia, is a progressive disease that eats away at the brain and controls the ability to function (Horr 2015) According to Mitchell Clionsky, this disease is common among people of older age causing a mental dysfunction triggering the ability to think, remember and reason as well as behavioral abilities. (Clionsky 2015) These factors can drastically affect the body emotionally. Some patients get frustrated and mad…

He backed up his theory with by relating it with developmental psychology and observation. What do we see that children do that 's really good and that 's better than adults? And I think one answer, for instance, is language. That is one of the reasons why children are better at learning language than adults, because…