School psychology

SFBT is considered a form of talk therapy, in which you review and dissect the client’s vision and come to a determination of what skills, resources, and abilities need to be developed to attain the desired outcomes. As I begin to practice as a school psychologist there are countless benefits to the implementation of SFBT with elementary and secondary students. This theory is brief in nature, which allows it to be applicable in any length sessions and any number of visits with students. SFBT…

craving for understanding” (Wilhelm Stekel). The human mind is highly complex and very difficult to study since thought processes and feelings cannot be seen. The term psychology is composed of two Greek words: Psyche, which means spirit or soul, and Logia, which translates to the study of something. So what is Psychology? Psychology literally translates into the study of the soul. The soul, on the other hand, cannot be so easily seen or explained, and many cultures and religions have their…

have to take in high school before transferring to college is also very important. Counseling is one of the many forms of therapy. There are six steps to becoming a counselor. The first step is to get a bachelor’s degree in a specialized area…

social, and even physical addiction. Some of these problems require professional guidance if you need help solving them. For my field of psychology, I have chosen rehabilitation. I picked this career in psychology because it is the one I am most familiar with, since my mother has been working in this field for almost five years. I’ve always been interested in psychology, but…

Since the inception of psychology in the United States by American philosopher William James, in the early 1900’s learning and psychology has been joined hand in hand together ever since. Well into the beginning of the twentieth century, learning and education has been monitored closely and connected to psychologists. According to (Domjan, 2014) Learning is one of our most primitive and basic biological mental processes that facilitates our need for survival and promotes personal well-being.…

This psychology theory was first created in Abraham Maslow 's paper in 1943. The theory is made up of five categories Self-actualization, esteem, love and belonging, safety and physiological needs. "What a man can be, he must be. This need we call Self-actualization…

Structuralism Structuralism was the foremost school of thought in the history of psychology. Structuralism seeks to understand the structure, that is, the configuration of components of the mind and its perceptions by analyzing those perceptions into their constituent components e.g. affection, attention, memory, sensation and so on. Structuralists were interested in deconstructing the mind into its elementary components and how those elementary components work together to create the mind.…

something to think about throughout the TEDTalk. How does sleep relate to Psychology? What kind of experiments were done? Are there any personal stories that relate? These questions can be answered in one way or another. A major question to be asked before diving into the scientific side of why we sleep is, how does sleep relate to Psychology? It’s simple. Psychology is the study of the human brain and its functions and without Psychology it would be difficult to understand why we sleep. Sleep…

for their future career as an educator and keeping in mind that the youth is our future. Likewise the student gets advice and motivation and thrives in school academics as well as outside of school. Moreover, I had the opportunity to relate educational psychology concepts to real students. One thing I found corresponding to educational psychology was that the students were in the stage or crisis that Erik Erikson named the Identity vs. Role confusion crisis. At this stage adolescents are at…

stated that the specific psychosocial task of adolescence is trying to find a role. Neil Perry, another main character, is doing just this. His whole life he has been living with his father’s authoritarian nature. His father wants him to go to medical school and become a doctor with nothing in between. Neil, though, has always wanted more than this. He solidifies this when he auditions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Neil begins to figure out his role as an actor. It is what he loves to do and who…