School psychology

My life as a student and as a future UWS graduate with an Ed.D. and as a AASP certified sport psychology consultant is based on a strength-based approach with evidence-based resources to back my education, my expertise, my consulting, my self-reflection, and my self-assessments toward development and improvment of my strengths. According to Welfel (2016), “The best strategy is the development of a professional ethical identity through formal education and involvement in a graduate program…

My ultimate goal is to become a social psychologist who is leading cutting edge research at a research institution or university. My main career goal is to further knowledge and understanding in the social psychology subjects of stereotypes, attitudes, and perceptions. I hope to lead research that investigates the individual differences between races and socioeconomical statuses when it comes to the social effects of technology as well as technology’s effect on stereotypes, attitudes and…

While at school a friend and I held a charity sports week in which we aimed to get younger years involved in sport, while raising money for other children to play, by raising money for Right To Play. While studying Psychology I found it interesting about how social change occurs, and how these current issues with obesity became the norm, and I wanted to know the causes…

Motivational Theorist Carl Ransom Rogers Carl Ransom Rogers was born in 1902, in Oak Park, Illinois. Rogers was the fourth of six children born to his parents. His father was a civil engineer and his mother a housewife. Rogers was a high achiever in school from an early age. He could already read before five years old, so he was able to skip kindergarten and first grade entirely. He was…

In school we often hear about Maslow and his hierarchy of needs but do we ever hear about Montessori? Do you know who Montessori is? Without knowing it, you do understand some of Montessri’s theories because Montessori and Maslow are very similar in their thinking strategies. For example, Maslow and Montessori both defined education, Maslow said this “More positively oriented education concerns itself more with the growth and future self-actualization of the child”(1954, Maslow pg.365) while…

This study of psychology began in America and Russia. Animal research was widely used in America during early 1900’s.While in Russia; Ivan Pavlov’s work brought a new perspective on animal behaviors. He found that dogs salivated when his lab assistants brought them food…

known for her Neo-Freudian perspective. The following will discuss Horney’s Social and Cultural Psychoanalytic Theory. Karen was also one of the first feminist psychologists and greatly affected the beliefs of female psychology. Without Karen Horney’s studies and theories on female psychology and psychodynamic thought the knowledge that is included in this paper would not be as accurate as it is. Methods One major theory Karen is largely known for is the Psychoanalytic Social Theory. This…

American Psychology and Functionalism William James (1842-1910) William James developed a theory known as pragmatism, which is a belief that the validity of an idea is proven if that idea works and shows usefulness (Hergenhahn & Henley, 2014). He published The Principles of Psychology which reflected much of James’s perceptions of Wilhelm Wundt’s work and laid the foundation for the school of functionalism. James didn’t believe in instinctive behavior and thought that these behaviors were more…

One of my best friends in high school wanted to major in psychology and I often mocked him and poked fun at the idea that psychology was a real study and something to be taken seriously. Only after taking this psychology course, which I am forced to do in order to in order to pursue nursing, I have come to realize how little I even knew about the subject. I have judged people for enjoying the study and even worse, I have not taken seriously mental illnesses that affect some of the dearest…

Foundation). -Skinner earned his doctorate degree in psychology from Harvard University (B.F.). Alfred Bandura - Bandura earned a Ph.D. Psychology at the University of Iowa in 1952 (Albert). -His research includes social modeling of human learning and self-regulatory mechanisms that lead to the foundation for his renowned theory of human agency (Albert). Sigmund Freud -Freud lived from 1856-1939 and made many discoveries in physiology, psychology, and he was also a medical doctor (Thornton).…