School psychology

not seem to have a specific type of subject in mind as out of his seventeen victims fourteen were from ethnic groups. The only similarities were that they were all male. His victims ranged from age fourteen to thirty-two years old (Department of Psychology, Radford University). He lured his victims back to his apartment typically for offers of sex or prostitution. On many occasions, he would drug his victims with sleeping pills because he had “difficulty obtaining erections while his partners…

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The conceptualisation of psychology being a scientific discipline has caused many controversies through centuries; depending on which psychological or scientific perspective an approach took (Ardila, 2007, p907). As with other forms of development, there is a continuous transformation of knowledge, theories and thinking resulting in paradigm shifts (Branco, 2007, p41). Staats (1981, p241) argues psychology is what Kuhn describes as the preparadigmatic stage; it does not have a single accepted…

of the terminology in psychology is based on Freudian concepts and many other theories are either based on or against Freud’s theory. Shedler and Jonathan (2010) discussed on the different aspect of the psychodynamic technique and how it helps the clients to understand the phases that they are going through. The effectiveness of the psychodynamic theory was…

or persons they are interacting with. Psychology plays a big role in all conversation. People cannot make any mental decisions without using some sort of psychological thought process behind it. For example, when a parent tells you what will happen if you do not follow their direction you begin to second guess the decisions you were going to make and mostly likely you will make the decision with better sounding outcome. That is called using reverse psychology. I used that method once when having…

Learning theories are central to the discipline of psychology, therefore, impossible to separate the history of learning theories from the history of psychology. Learning defined as a lasting change in behaviours or beliefs that result from experience, the ability to learn provides every living organism with the ability to adapt to changing environments (Skinner, 1938). Learning theories evolved to separate into two perspectives. First, the behaviourist perspective argues that learning be…

While searching through the Social Psychology textbook, I came across many different studies that interested me and were relevant to everyday living. However, there were a few topics and discussions that intrigued me and caught my eye specifically. One of the first topics is the idea of counter factual thinking. This term means a person mentally changes some aspect of the past as a way of imagining what might have been. An experiment was conducted where researchers interviewed people who had…

"Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge" (Zimbardo). Social psychology is the study of understanding and explaining how the thought, feelings, and behavior of individuals are influenced by the presence of other people. When one is prejudice, he or she has a preconceived opinion about a person, without any initial interactions. Negative prejudice leads to a person showing discrimination toward a certain group of people…

He might not have chosen this field of study because he was yearning to become a leader, but, his willingness to dive into the unknown allowed him the opportunity to develop into a well-known name in psychology, and unknowingly or not he did. Skinner might not have had leadership thrust upon him, but he chose to enter into a field beckoning for new perspectives and a fresh voice. In this way, he was both thrust into leadership and developed leadership…

Theorist Biosketch: B.F Skinner The study of human behavior is a very intriguing subject within the field of psychology that has led to the production of various theories, approaches, and studies to understand its anatomy thoroughly. In particular, Behaviorism, which was introduced within the twentieth century, revolves around the concepts that environments determine individuals’ behaviors. One of America’s very own prominent psychologist, as well as, behaviorist, was B.F Skinner. Skinner…