Freudian psychology

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…

debilitating disorder for some individuals to deal with. She is feeling isolated and undesirable and these feelings can lead to a dark road that can, eventually, if not treated, turn into suicidal thoughts or actions. Fortunately, because of modern psychology, there are specific methods and techniques that are mentioned below that may help Sylvia to overcome her unwanted thoughts and feelings. Behavioral Theory The behavioral theory states that certain behaviors are learned through observing…

SUBJECT: OLIVIA’S GOALS THOUGHT: In the past few months a lot have happened to me mentally and physically, but I’m ready to move past it all. Below is a list of goals I have going for myself, a couple of which needs your assistance and approval. MENTAL HEALTH: Therapy: Personally, I know I still need therapy because I havent gotten a hand completely on how to handle my paranoid thoughts or hallucinations. I realize that my triggers are feeling overwhelmed/ excessive stree (whether internal or…

Furthermore, I learned through out this module how much listening is important as a counsellor and how it is on of the biggest skills that i would need as an youth worker. As I counselled, It became evident to me that when I would stop paying attention for a short while I would stop the counselling session as I would cutting off the person I was counselling. During these sessions I would not be able to know get the grasp on when I was meant paraphrase or reflect back the feelings, however i soon…

Sociology/pg. 9: The scientific study of society and human behavior. The whole focus of the document “The Real Slumdogs” was a study of THEIR behavior and way of life. Their society was very different from the rest of the world, yet they managed to make a living. While other people call them dogs and unclean, they 're doing their best as a society and doing what they know works. Even if it was different than others, their slum helped run THE CITY. This document as a whole was doing the exact…

Metacognitive Processes and Skills: How our students think and have thought processes How we think and how we process information varies as we age, but for purpose of this paper I will discuss the thought processes of a child until their adolescent years. The older a child becomes the more aware they are of their thoughts and the more capable they become to process higher levels of information (Broderick, & Blewitt, 2015). These metacognitive processes vary a bit from child to child, but…

Wellness Wheel A wellness wheel looks at development in six different areas. I will break down my development in Physical, cultural, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual areas. After discussing my development in those areas, I will relate my development to the theories of Erikson and Vygotsky. I will also be discussing how my development and theories used relate to my future as a counselor. Physical Development Physical Wellness involves maintaining the body at an optimum level of…

So many people have different interpretations of mathematics, in elementary school we learn that if you have 5 apples and your neighbor takes 3 away you are only left with 2. In middle school we were shown that there are 360 degrees in a circle and a numerous variety of rules and theorems that seemed only relevant for that section. We learned about sine, cosine, and tangent, which were chiseled in our brain. In high school we were introduced to things I didn’t know existed, such as derivatives,…