School psychology

Psychology has always been a part of my life indirectly, from people watching in an ice cream shop with my dad, to emergency counseling sessions with a friend after emotional trauma. I have always analyzed people’s behavior even since I was a child watching the way my parents raised me and the way they acted towards one another. I have always been interested in the way the human mind works and how we interact with each other. Over the years my interest in the world of psychology has developed…

Confidentiality and Privilege Psychology can be a complex set of ethical standards of laws and principles, which are treated with the uppermost respect. Confidentiality between mental health professionals and privileges of trust as a professional are correlated with the APA Ethics Code of Standards (Fisher, 2012). Law and ethics are two different areas of psychology that can emerge from within those areas. Confidentiality is private information consented between the mental health professional…

But, after the prolonged period of tiring years of school, the reward of being someone’s hero is far greater. In a year, 44, 193 will commit suicide, and of those thousands, only an estimated 400 will see a therapist. Those who sought professional help, stated that it slowly increased the well-being of their…

fall of 2011, and I have to decide what major to select on the Common Application. Like many times before, my mother asks me, “What is your passion? You should major in what you are passionate about.” “Well, I’ve always been really interested in psychology,” I replied. During my freshman year of college, a friend of mine had a very noted view of college’s underlying purpose. He believed that college is probably the largest growth experience that you will have in your life; I see now how that is…

The debate of nature vs. nurture within psychology has been concerned about whether humans are a product of either biology or society alone and it is not wrong to say that Darwin’s theory of natural selection has again been of importance to our understanding of the contributions of nature vs. nurture (Francis,2007). Nature is referred to as the genetics of a human being of that which is inherited through generations and nurture refers to all the environmental influences exerted after birth, that…

Psychologist Karen Horney once said, “The psychology of women hitherto actually represents a deposit of the desires and disappointments of men,” (Karen Horney Quotes). She was Psychoanalyst with many contributions to psychology. She is best known for her work in Feminine Psychology, her Theory of Neurotic Needs, and for her involvement in Neo-Freudian Psychology, (Cherry). She was born on September 16th, in 1885 in Germany, in a village outside of Hamburg, to Clotilde and Berndt Danielson. Her…

often can stimulate strong emotions, even anger” (Wirtz, Chew, & Lovelock, 2012). However, the wait time in certain situation does not affect always affect the person in a psychologically way. The psychology of waiting time are suggestions that can help the person be less stressful when waiting. The psychology of waiting time can involve in situations like in the supermarket, waiting in a ticket line for an event that could be sold out, and waiting at the bus stop on a rainy dark evening.…

stroke/traumatic injury. To be able to be a neuropsychologist you must have your PhD in psychology. Being a neuropsychologist could impact your personal life by going through all the years of school all the way to getting too close to your patients. Getting too personal with them and having something serious happen to then could cause you to have strong emotions. Educational…

became very fascinated with traveling and studying abroad when I was in Middle School. My grandparents are avid travelers and have gone to almost every continent and stayed for months at a time. In middle school, was the first time that I vividly remember hearing about one of my Grandparents trips, when they went to Peru. My grandmother took thousands of pictures, and while she was there she volunteered in local schools, and really embraced the culture of Peru. My grandparents a slightly…

and unbearable to exist in any home or school. Bullying is a well-known adversity among school-age children, Bullying can cause lifelong psychological effects that can require therapy in order to overcome. In more serious cases, the bullying has become so bad that the victim chooses to take their own life just to escape the bullying they endure. So what is The Psychology of Bullying? The psychology of the issue of bullying covers subjects of the psychology of the oppressor and the victim, it…