Humanistic psychology

For nearly 40 years, students have been expected to understand history and wrestle with complex choices of social mores of our time. This has been expected in the past and present but students don’t gain this knowledge from teachers because they are trying to avoid racial controversy. The book has been in controversy since being in the classroom study as early as 1963. The book uses profanity and racial criticism which people believe shouldn’t be allowed in schools. Regardless of the profanity,…

Maturity: the state, fact, or period of being mature. But is it more than that? Is it the way you act? The words you use? Is maturity really a fact, or is it just an idea? What makes maturity, maturity? What does being mature mean? What makes you mature? Many people have these questions at least once in their lives, when they see the distasteful couple making out in the halls or the class clown that just can 't seem to understand why everybody hates his "funny" jokes. Why is it that you…

of the song, allowing them to garner an insight into the perspective of the criminal. The song itself takes on the lyric form of a subgenre of poetry known as the dramatic monologue. Such poems “tend to offer us a window into an entire, complex psychology” (Mays 463). However, this song seems to suggest there is no complex reasoning behind the speaker’s motives due to an ambiguous closing line…

Differentiation is the “instructional model where teachers tailor content, process/support, and product in response to their students ' levels of readiness and interest” (Whipp, Taggart, & Jackson, 2014). There are three different aspects of curriculum that involve differentiation mentioned in the quote above: content, process, and product. Each of these aspects benefits different students in their own unique way. From those aspects there are different strategies that are used to mix up the…

1. Why was it important for Sandy to keep the school principal and others informed about her plans? It is important to keep the school officials informed because she would have to validate her reasoning for wanting to address the situation via a group rather than individually. Because this is not the school 's usual protocol and there would probably be some skepticism of her desire to handle the situation in this manner, so it is important for this to be a collaborative effort. Moreover, Sandy…

Urban schools districts in Illinois are facing challenges due to components such as size, high poverty rates, diverse communities and limited resources (Netzel &, Eber, 2003) In addition to this, the lack of effective discipline systems in urban schools districts often leads to difficulties in educating large number of students in urban communities. Waukegan School District, is an urban district in Illinois and is addressing efforts to meet the needs of students at risk of behavioral problems…

My lesson plan supports individual learning needs because I give all the children a chance to create, explore and manipulate all different types of materials. By doing this I can be sure to help each one build up on their needs and weaknesses. Plus, while I am doing this I can see what changes need to be made to my curriculum, environment and with my community. In my center, we provide high quality care to all children of all different races, colors and ethnicity. There are so many things to…

Mental illness is a condition that impacts many Americans today. It affects an individuals thinking, feelings, or behaviors and it may also affect his or her ability to relate to others and function on a daily basis. The treatment for mental illness is drug therapy according to diagnosis and mental health counseling. In my mental health clinical I assess my patient using therapeutic communication to get a health history, personal history, mental status, the reason they are there, mood, speech…

Advertising has always had a way to persuade people in a way to either buy or choose something. Which is called subliminal messaging, when one shows a product on tv, newspaper, radio, or etc. in which it influences the buyer without them even being conscious of it. Many believe that subliminal messages can persuade people to purchase products, but also some do not believe in it what so over. This myth is plausible because of physiological and psychological factors, sensation seekings, and…

When I got the listserv announcement about spring internships with APPLES, I’m quite sure what I expected to get out of. While I realize that was only six months ago or so, it’s difficult to remember the expectations I had going into the semester. Theater Delta seemed to be the perfect mixture of my interests – dramatic arts and social justice. In just four months, I worked in almost every capacity the organization has – researcher, data analyst, script developer, videographer, etc. The list…