School psychology

Just two short weeks ago, our local private school association team played against a tough opponent near Birmingham, AL. Since I was not present at the game, I have to go off of the rumors reverberating at supersonic speeds through the thick Alabama haze. Apparently the refs were underqualified for our particular coaching staff and their athletes. What transpired got out of control with multiple personal fouls evidently called against the the wrong side plus parents displaying character that…

for us. Thus, Bartlett presented schema theory, one of the theories of knowledge organization that claims that new encounters with the world are rarely new. Barlett’s discovery of schema theory has been hugely influential and powerful to cognitive psychology as the theory contributed to several…

and nurture sees him forward (1612)’. This simply means that nature versus nurture debate plumbs the contributions of our genetic inheritance and environmental influences that shapes our thoughts and behaviour. Frans (1997) submitted that the two schools of thought about animal…

that they get along with. For example, “Social psychologists therefore deal with the factors that lead us to behave in a given way in the presence of others, and look at the conditions under which certain behavior/actions and feelings occur. Social psychology is to do with the way…

research aspect of psychology by working as a research assistant for Dr. Deborah John, who at the time was an Art Therapy professor. Through this experience I was able to immerse myself and learn about the process of researching subjects that previously I had only been able to read their implications in textbooks. It was my research experience with Dr. John that introduced me to the world of numbers behind the science of psychology. I felt as if everything that I had studied in my psychology…

a roller coaster. In the beginning, I had enter the school for my Bachelor’s in Elementary Education. I did really well in the program and was very excited to make an impact on the children I would be teaching. Unfortunately, I had to withdraw from the program with only 1 semester left of student teaching due to my divorce. I had been out of school for 5 years and just last year decided to finish what I had started. When I contacted the school, I was informed that the curriculum had changed and…

Reflection Assignment 2 Discussion (Group Blog) I chose one of the very first assignments we did in this class because I thought that this first assignment was great learning experience because I thought that as the first assignment being a group discussion, it just brought everyone together and let everyone get to know each other just a little bit more. I was nervous at first, because I am not a social person’ however, after this assignment, I thought that it brought me closer to some of my…

published by Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd in 1985. The electronic edition was published in 2010 by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan. The author, Dr. Oliver Sacks, is a British-American physician and a professor of neurology and psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine and a visiting professor at the University of Warwick. He is also a bestselling author and has twelve books. He is best known for his book “Awakenings” (1973) which was turned into an Oscar-nominated film in 1990. He was born in…

Social psychology and its principles are present throughout the world whenever people interact with one another. Social psychologists look to study the way people act and feel when they are in social situations. The ideas and concepts of social psychology are applicable to many of the interactions that we experience in our life. My interview with JP Morgan Chase for a summer program was an instance when I fell victim to many of the flaws in my thought process. Like all other ambitious high…

Introduction to Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behaviour. Psychology is a multifaceted discipline and include many studies such as human development, sports, health, clinical, social behaviours and cognitive processes. The word “psychology” stems from the Greek word psyche meaning “breath, spirit, soul”, and the Greed word logia meaning the study of something. Psychology is important in the health and social care setting as it appreciated how people’s…