Humanistic psychology

In Sigmund Freud’s piece, On Dreams, Freud analyzes the dreams of himself and others in order in order to find the purpose of dreams in terms of his own psychoanalytic definition of the mind, in which psychological forces of pleasure seeking and restraint are at constant ends. Freud determines that the principle function of dreams is to fulfill the wishes of the id, or “pleasure principle” which wants instant gratification, so that the ego, the part of the brain that thinks about long term…

tone I was able to develop the vision I have for my documentary. I sat and analyzed what I wanted the audience to get from the documentary. Learning about shot composition is helping me capture significant footage for my documentary. All in all: Psychology of Self Development, Philosophy, Ethics and Art of the Film have made contributions to my persona, and perhaps not directly to my documentary. These courses had made me understand a bigger picture that allowed me to create this kind of…

CASE STUDY 2 As I am furthering my establishment within my internship, I begin to familiarize myself among many of the clients within my internship. Each client has his or her own different diagnoses and that were approached differently by many of the interns and clinicians. Throughout my few months within the Outreach Center there is a particular client that grasp my attention, this client would show behaviors that are different from most of the clients there. This client would have much…

Herbert Marcuse- Marcuse, Herbert. “Liberation from the Affluent Society.” July 27th 2016 The more money you make, the more likely you are to spend more. For us to be able to survive in our modern society we are enslaved to working every day to survive or live a certain lifestyle. The debate for the need to raise the middle class always seems to forget the lower class, for every election in North America we hear politicians argue about strengthening the middle class. Can a society have a…

Before I was introduced to counseling I was pretty naive about what really goes down behind the doors-in a psychologist 's office. I presumed many false beliefs; I would lay down on a flat couch, in a dark room while the professional sat across from me in a really expensive chair. I would be told to close my eyes and tell them about myself and my childhood. I would become secretly embarrassed at that point, because it all would be irrelevant to the central problem. I believed there was nothing a…

I felt myself come undone. I had practiced before-how to deliver bad news to a patient-but didn’t expect to become a patient receiving it. “Give them a warning shot,” I heard echo in my mind right as my doctor began to say, “We have some bad news.” My leave of absence from medical school came from this bad news. I experienced complications with a pregnancy, requiring me to take time away from my education. I became personally familiar with how life can sometimes seem to deal you a hand that is…

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS Under what conditions do you shut down communication? Although, I know it is one of the most important things in both business and personal; communication seems to be something that I struggle with. I tend to catch myself shutting down communication quite often. Mostly when I feel like I am not being valued. There are times where I may shut down communication if I am apprehensive at the outcome of what is being communicated. What beliefs are causing you to shut down?…

The primary differences between online learning and traditional learning are as follows. Traditional Learning: If you are physically going to a college you have to physically be there on time in person. That would mean you would have to get up at a certain time and be ready when your teacher starts class. Also there are tremendous costs operating a learning facility. The Cost of dorm rooms can be very expensive. There are the costs of electricity to operate a class room. If you were learning…

In health psychology, high compliance is associated with high concordance. For a patient to adopt high concordance, a partnership between them and their clinician must be established, which will allow the patient to make informed decisions. Studies have shown that…

beneficial on both sides, for the animal it can help a lot of them in need that have suffered abuse and neglect. However for humans it’s a sense of comfort and care they don’t always necessarily find in others. One of the basic theories of self-psychology is the self and the self-object. Meaning a person has qualities that gives them a sense of who they are, the self-object is the response and help from the environment. For example as…