Psychologist

you get better…” A common phrase used by nurturing mothers who want their depressed or mentally ill children to seek assistance and understanding through psychological means. The mother thinks only of the wellbeing of her child as she seeks out a psychologist who can properly connect two people once again. However, in the world there are many false practices, otherwise known as pseudoscience. In the course of human events, there were two tragic incidents in which mothers seeking to help and…

humiliating and shameful practice. Scientists, psychologists, social psychologists offer different ideas about why racism exists. It is essential to study the problem from different perspectives to understand the full picture. "The causes of racism are upbringing, stereotypes, unfamiliarity…

Personal-Professional Profile The results of my Personal-Professional Profile highlighted that my values are humanistic focused and reflects my belief in the equal and fair treatment of people, diversity, and business efficiency. I would say that the foundation for my values are based on by Christian upbringing and my observation and experiences with social inequalities. According to Lefkowitz (2005) our “… values underlie all ethical reasoning. (para. 3)” Therefore, as I maturate through life…

Are babies born good or taught to be good? Throughout the years many psychologist have gone to try to test to see whether babies are born with innate morals or taught it has been difficult to test babies because they cannot communicate like older children can. They used many different scenarios such as using puppets to illustrate different behaviors and the babies had to chose which one they felt like was good or bad. With that I believe children aren’t necessary taught but they do what they see…

What is a belief ? How do you know if you believe in something ? Is it a feeling, a thought, or is it relatable? What is happiness? How do you know that you are happy? What makes you happy, is it sports, food, or friends? Do you believe that people deserve at least a chance to be happy? I think everybody deserves a chance for happiness. No matter what other people think. Just one chance is all that a person needs, and that one chance can change a person’s life for the better. A chance to be…

According to Occupational Outlook Handbook, psychologists study cognitive, emotional, and social processes and human behavior by observing, interpreting, and recording how people relate to one another and their environments. This field fascinations me for the reason that I aim to assist people when life throws them a curve ball. I intend to accomplish a difference in someone’s life and truly being a helping hand. When I took the Kuder Skills Confidence Assessment, my Holland code occurred to be…

tied, locked in a dark room, and abused all of her childhood by her deranged father Clark Wiley. As a result of this abuse, genie has grown to not have any knowledge of social constructs, such as language and social interaction. Over time many psychologists had found obsession over Genie, and many tested theories and tried to teach her things. She had made progress, but they eventually found that some things are very difficult to teach, if at all, when secluded from society for so long and…

about evolution as well as natural selection. Andrea case: By applying the biological perspective to Andrea’s situation, treatment would most likely involve treatment aimed at controlling the disorder, in this case anorexia as well as bulimia. Psychologists are more…

boundaries of competent. According to the APA Ethics Code (2010), a psychologist must provide services within the boundaries of their competence. The evaluator must make sure that he is qualified to treat this case. Once the evaluator has considered his competence, and believes that he is incompetent, the evaluator should inform his client (county jail) that he is seeking consultation from the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (2010), and the Specialty Guidelines for…

comprehension of wrongdoing. Criminal forensic psychology is the application of methods, theories and findings from a wide variety of areas in psychology to the settings and worries of criminal and civil justice. The settings in which forensic psychologists’ work include the police, the courts, prisons, secure units, hospitals, probations and other community based services and finally academia (Towl, Farrington, Crighton & Hughes, 2008). Offender profiling, also known as criminal information…