Learned helplessness

Mrs. Peters, my teacher, gave us a paper with a telescope on it and said; “Write in the telescope what you’ve learned in middle school that can contribute to how you see yourself in high school.” The lesson I had learned is that I didn’t want to attend high school. All of my friends were so ecstatic and eager about high school and I was repulsed by the thought of it. Why could I not enjoy this day like the rest of…

Implementing Positive Psychology Interventions in cases of adversity; The benefits of increasing Optimism, Resilience, Meditation, Hope and Social support in alleviating depressive symptoms. “Depression is more than just sadness. People with depression may experience a lack of interest and pleasure in daily activities, significant weight loss or gain, insomnia or excessive sleeping, lack of energy, inability to concentrate, feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt and recurrent thoughts of…

“We’re going to die in here!” Pep wailed. “Do something, Coke!” “What am I supposed to do?” Coke asked. Twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald just turned thirteen, and are traveling across the country with people who will make sure they never reach thirteen and a half. Dr. Herman Warsaw has a grudge, and plenty of ways to get rid of them. Lucky for the twins, they seem to avoid everything he can throw at them; so far. In this fifth installment in the series, Dr. Warsaw’s allies do horrible things to the…

Kathy Block is a 53 year-old Family Nurse Practitioner, certified in Wound and Ostomy Care, and employed by a private practice of an independent living community. She is a typical nurse in the sense that “most NPs choose a specialty area such as adult, family, or pediatric health care” (Black, 2014, p. 18). Also, her certification was through ANCC, the largest certification body among nurses (p. 145). Karen Paker is a 41 year-old Cardiovascular Critical Care Nurse in San Diego. According to…

inappropriately can also be harmful - for example, expressing anger with violence. Anger is an emotional response related to one's psychological interpretation of having been threatened. Often it indicates when one's basic boundaries are violated. Some have a learned tendency to react to anger through retaliation. Anger may be utilized effectively when utilized to set boundaries or escape from dangerous situations. In the novel The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald…

Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs infers that as an individual, you have to achieve these basic levels in order to reach the top. Starting from the bottom, basic, safety, love, self-esteem and self-actualization are a part of Maslow’s needs. Growing up, I would admit that this hierarchy of needs compared to my family’s needs at the time. Although at times, we were not able to satisfy all needs. On account of my family going through hardships in which we were unsure when we would eat another…

Gamblers I was given the assignment to write a research paper on a social group. I choose gamblers. I had to analyze this group of people and give common characteristics, define and describe their personality, mainly, why they do what they do? Gamblers share many of the same characteristics such as their social class, their age, and what drives them. However, gamblers behavior is a result from social, psychological and biological concepts that define them and socially classify them as “gamblers”…

Attention, parents of college students. Say your kid has a problem with a roommate. Maybe one “borrowed” his favorite t-shirt. Maybe your daughter’s roommate leaves old, stinky Chinese take out in the mini-fridge. Perhaps your child is so upset about this he texts you five times a day to complain. Here’s the thing: Don’t call the college president to ask him to handle the situation. (Yes, that happens.) Jonathan Gibralter, president of Frostburg State University, has had parents call him at…

Pain is not defined with a simple statement or phrase. Sure, many attempt this daunting task, defining it as a hurting or discomfort caused by illness or injury, but pain is so much more complex than what anyone could imagine. Most everyone will feel pain in some form or another at least once at some point during their lives; it’s unescapable. All hope is not loss though, as we have a choice to make. We determine how much of an effect of pain has on us. It up to us to either let it consume us…

J.D Vance is a tall, white man. He graduated from Yale Law School, and is principal at a leading Silicon Valley investment firm. Outwardly, it appears as if Vance has led a life of privilege, including an upbringing in upper-class America; however those were not the circumstances Vance was brought up in. In his book, Vance describes the psychological impact that being a child living in poverty had on him, and many others who live in similar situations. Despite the limitations Vance faced, he was…