Psychology

Cognitive psychology is the scientific method of the human mind and the mental functions of the human brain. These cognitive abilities consist of learning, memory, attention. Perception, learning, reasoning abilities, decision making, and language. The basis of cognitive psychology rests around the belief that the brain can be understood simply as a complex computing system. Cognitive psychology has evolved over the ages, and with each new age something new was discovered, and more people added…

about human behavior is psychology. Every human being tends to have a distinct behavior, depending on the situation that he or she was exposed to. The presence of other human beings cause the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of the person to be controlled or influenced. There are a considerable amount of factors in which the actions of human beings around them are responsible for the process of making their decisions. Therefore, finding an explanation through psychology, for the different…

Evolutionary psychology has been criticized by many, and before I took this class I was not sure which side of the debate I was on. I felt like evolutionary psychology suggested behavior is caused by nature alone, and to some extent it does, but it depends on interpretation. It searches for biological and physiological causes for human behavior, emotions, and motivation. In my other psychology classes I was hearing different views about evolutionary theory from my professors. One professor…

an introduction to psychology class. Throughout the semester, I became captivated by the subject. I liked how relevant the information was in my own life. I loved that I could begin to understand the behaviors of the people around me. After my first semester of school, I found that I had a passion for psychology, and I felt very motivated and excited to continue studying this field. My love for psychology deepened during my second semester when I took classes in social psychology, and…

I became initially interested in psychology when I was helping a friend who was having problems at home and was considering suicide. I felt so helpless trying to deal with his problems that I decided to learn more about human behavior and how to help those in need. This experience led me to enroll in an introductory psychology course in order to understand more about what motivates people. I have become more and more interested in the field of clinical psychology during my four years at college.…

Ellen’s Therapy Ellen’s ever changing environment and self-worth has her faced with the choice of seeking help through psychology. Given the choice of humanistic, psychodynamic, and cognitive-behavioral therapy, humanistic puts Ellen’s life back in her hands. With a tough situation in front of her I feel humanistic psychology would give Ellen the control she longs for? In the story of Ellen we learn she is having sleepless nights, not eating well, having feelings of shame, guilt, and loss due…

Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity: An Introduction to Worldview Issues, Philosophical Foundations, and Models of Integration is a book by David Entwistle who analyzes in four sections the integration of Christianity and psychology. In this book, I have been challenged by the idea that Christianity and psychology are at odds and cannot exist being integrated with each other. This rather a controversial point that it can be really impossible for psychology and theology to…

Psychology has a plethora of varying approaches to explain a person’s condition. A biological perspective applies the principles of biology, using scientific research in order to explain the connection between the mind and body, to explain thoughts, emotions, and behavior since behavior can be explained by the genetics and physiology of a person. Socio-cultural psychology studies the rules of the social groups an individual is apart of and the culture surrounding the individual in order to…

career would be interesting because it would allow me to make a mundane work life into something else. It would allow me to directly work among my colleagues so that they can have a better work experience. Forensic Psychology is the ladder between the legal system and Psychology.…

There are many fields of study in psychology. One in particular, clinical psychology, stood out more than the others did. Education comes first before anything in a clinical psychologist’s career, so the more experience someone has, the more advantages and better payment that they will receive in this career choice. A clinical psychologist prevents, evaluates, and treats mental and emotional disorders in individuals. Education is the most prominent part of a clinical psychologist’s career;…