Health psychology

of an ongoing programme tailored to generate a better understanding of the first principles of psychological processes underlying human aggression (Haney, Banks, & Zimbardo, 1973). A famous experiment widely propagated in the education of social psychology, demonstrating the importance of the power of social situations on people's behaviour regarding conformity, obedience and aggression. Zimbardo, vastly influenced by Milgram and his studies of obedience, which significantly…

receives after enduring such stressors in their lives. This is the most important way of living life a little better. The way I think about carrying out certain objectives in my life have changed based on Dr. Mininni’s lecture about resilience in psychology. Resilience is the process of adapting well while facing traumatic situations in life. The way Dr. Mininni talked about the resilience a person needs was…

Evolutionary psychology provides a theoretical basis to altruism in relation to evolution and adapting to in order to survive. The theories and arguments used in evolutionary psychology help understand the complex relationship among groups, but also within group. Furthermore, it provides a clear goal that is being achieved (survival of the fittest), which gives a straightforward objective towards the theoretical connections and how they are connected to altruism. Based on the evolutionary…

Emile Kraepelin in 1887 as a distinct mental illness from other psychotic disorders. At that time, he used the Latin term “dementia praecox” (early dementia) to identify persons who had manifestations that nowadays are associated with schizophrenia (Psychology Today, 2015). He used different subtypes such as hebephrenia, catatonia and paranoia. However, he was mistaken when he thought that only young people get this illness and that it led to mental deterioration unavoidably (Healthy Place,…

that volunteered to participate this this study to either “guard’ or “prisoner.” The 75 respondents who volunteered for this study went through a screening process and answered questionnaires about their family background, their physical and mental health history, and if they were involved in any kind of crimes. From those 75…

1. STIMULATION THEORY Stimulation Theory is a phenomenon in which an individual behaves differently when given a stimulus and in another when in its absence. The stimulus acts as a triggers that alters one’s behaviour. 2. LEWIN EQUATION AND USE IT IN A SITUATION? ANSWER: B= f(P,E) Lewin’s Equation correlates Behaviour as the function of the Person in their Environment. Thus stating that it is not just the personality of the person that describes his/her behaviour in a particular situation but…

Pezzo and Beckstead want to do something that has never been done before and that is create an experiment that uses two different scenarios to measure levels of anxiety, belief of a rumor, and the rumor transmission. Pezzo and Beckstead both teach psychology classes at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg and University of South Florida Tampa, respectively. All scientific reports must follow the scientific method; they must be reasonable, accurate, and data must be interpreted fairly.…

nullifies Milgram’s experiment as a whole. The staff at The Atlantic would also agree with both author’s standpoints. In the staff’s article “Rethinking One of Psychology’s Most Infamous Experiments”, they quoted Stephen Reicher, a professor of psychology at Saint Andrews (“Rethinking One of Psychology’s Most Infamous Experiments”). Reicher states that even though Milgram discovered a remarkable phenomenon with his experiment, he did not compose a compelling argument comparing his experiment…

Systematic research has been a strong point for the acceptance and prevailing of the theory. In clinical settings, behaviorism techniques (cognitive–behavioral therapy, health education, behavior management, behavioral relaxation training, stress management intervention, desensitization therapy among some) have been successfully used to improve a wide variety of conditions: somatic and psychological disorders, (Yang, Su…

disorder. She works for the women’s center and does no-fee therapies through a grant from “Access Hope,” which is a non-profit organization provides short-term counseling for students without health insurance. The reason why I chose to interview her was to learn about one of the sub-sectors within the field of psychology and Social Work. Also, she is my therapist, who I have been working with about a year so knows me well. Therefore, I thought she could let me know whether I could fit in this…