Humanistic psychology

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…

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…