Outline of psychology

Date: I did my small group teaching activity on September 30th. What subject did you teach? For the small group teaching activity, I conducted a literacy group. The literacy group was their leveled reading groups that the students do during their 90 minute read block each day. Usually, the students just read their book and then do a worksheet or reread the book again if they finish. Mrs. Werne usually just monitors and sits with a group. I was glad that I actually was able to conduct my…

Data Organization and Collection Subjects that refused to continue the experiment prior to administering the highest level were labeled the ‘defiant’ subject. On the other hand, subjects who obeyed the experimenter and administered the highest shock level were labeled the ‘obedient’ subject (Milgram, 1963). As said earlier, to better organize the information, the dependent variable was numerically defined based on how high of a shock value they were able to deliver to the learner (Milgram,…

Many people think that the internet is good for us, it gives us the information we need, and it makes our life easy. On the web site “think big” http://blogthinkbig.com/a-million-reasons-why-the-internet-is-good-for-you/ says that there is one million reasons why the internet is good for us, and a couple of their example are; the internet is good for our health that it help “ free of charge, about health, depression and sexuality”, the internet is good for our learning “Access to the internet…

In this essay my main focus and topic will be person-centred care. I will describe and define what it is and discuss the importance of developing skills and knowledge as a student nurse that I must adapt throughout my training. I will also look into professional and governed bodies that guide student and qualified nurses to a high standard and rules and regulations they set out to give the best possible care and best evidence practice care to patients. I will also look into the history of…

1. Biographical data/history of theorist: Fritz Perls (1893-1970): Major influences on Fritz Perl’s life include: serving in World War 1 against is families wishes, studying psychoanalysis (Perl’s did not agree with several of the concepts), marrying Laura Perls in 1930 (helped him develop his therapy), fleeing Germany to South Africa due to the Nazi occupation (1933), moving to New York worked with Horney (1946). 2. View of personality development: Personality: There are two concepts that…

the term “folk psychology” should be defined as the popular common thought among a certain people. An eliminative materialist would claim folk psychology to be “an incomplete representation of our inner natures, it is an outright misrepresentation of our internal states” (339). Historically, our common sense and group beliefs have been proven false time and time again. Thus, we cannot simply trust our own beliefs and core societal folklore to be innately true. As our folk psychology does not…

Major depression is a mood disorder that causes to have negative feelings for an extensive time as it could take a few days or even weeks. Those negative feelings include sadness, anger, loss, hopelessness and discouragement. They can interfere individual’s daily activities due to the lack of ambition and energy. Depression can be caused through different symptoms such as family history, stressful events, personality, loneliness, illness and physical changes. This essay will be exploring on…

Question 1 In the story, The Allegory of the Cave, Plato uses the three prisoners to distinguish between genuine knowledge and right opinion. He uses psychological, epistemological, and metaphysical thoughts to prove it. In The Cave, there are three prisoners tied up and they can only look at the wall in front of them. In that cave, there is a light source behind them producing shadows that appear on that wall. The three play a game; the goal was to guess which shadow will appear next…

In the following experiment, a team of researchers tested the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on depression. They chose patients from three mental health centers across the country and assessed them with the MMPI-2-RF and the Beck Depression Inventory. Then, over a period of four months, followed their progress of recovery and reexamined them with the same tests. To determine whether cognitive-behavioral therapy had any effect, the patients were categorized to receive one of the…

Loss is a state of being without, usually accompanied by grief, which is a reaction to the disruption of attachment. The loss of loved one is considered to be a major disruption in a person’s life, having an impact on the relationships, health, and morale of the person concerned. The novel Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart shows the different experiences the characters go through in their distinct losses. In her novel, the protagonists are undergoing an emotional state of sadness in the past that…